The second continent: Existence of granitic continental materials around the bottom of the mantle transition zone
It has been thought that granitic crust, having been formed on the surface, must have survived through the Earth's evolution because of its buoyancy. At subduction zones continental crust is predominantly created by arc magmatism and is returned to the mantle via sediment subduction, subduction...
Main Authors: | Kenji Kawai, Shinji Yamamoto, Taku Tsuchiya, Shigenori Maruyama |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-01-01
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Series: | Geoscience Frontiers |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987112001065 |
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