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Andesites in island arcs and continental margins: Relationship to crustal evolution

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Andesites of both island arc and continental margin environments contain petrologic evidence of mixing of mantle and crustal melts. Andesitic volcanism appears to involve addition of mantle-derived basaltic magma to the crust and fractionation of preexisting crustal material. Changes in andesitic volcanism with increasingly continental character of the crust reflect changes in a rhyolitic component derived from increasingly aged and fractionated crust. The initial stage in development of continental crust is partial melting of oceanic crust.

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Eichelberger, J.C. Andesites in island arcs and continental margins: Relationship to crustal evolution. Bull Volcanol 41, 480–500 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02597382

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