When the Continental Crust MeltsGuest Editors: Edward W. Sawyer, Bernardo Cesare, and Michael Brown
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750 800 850 900 950 1000
5
6
7
8
9
10
grt sil crd btkfs pl liq grt sil crd kfs pl liq
grt sil bt kfs pl liq
sil crd kfs pl liq
grt sil crd splkfs pl liq
grt sil crd pl liq
grt sil pl liq
grt sil kfs pl liq
sil crd spl pl liq
sil crdspl kfs pl liq
sil crd sp
l
pl liq (-q
tz)
grtsilliq
grt sil bt pl liq
silcrd pl
liq (-qtz)crd spl plliq (-qtz)
grt silcrd btkfs pl
grt sil bt pl
grt sil bt mukfs pl liq
NCKFMASH (+qtz) Composition AS
grt sil crdbt pl liq
grt sil crdbt pl liq
grt sil crdkfs pl liq
grt sil opxkfs pl liq
grt silpl liq
silbt pl
grt sil crdbt kfs pl liq
grt sil crd splkfs pl liq
grt sil crd kfs pl liq grt sil crdspl pl liq
sil crdspl liq
P (k
bar)
T (°C)750 800 850 900 950 1000
5
6
7
8
9
10
grt opx crd kfs pl liq
grt opx kfs pl liq
opx crd kfs pl liq
opx crd pl liq
grt opx p
l liq
opx pl liq
opxliq
grt o
px b
t kfs
pl l
iq
opx
crd
bt k
fs p
l liq
grt opx crdbt pl
grt b
t kfs
pl l
iq
grt bt pl liq
grt crdbt pl liq
grt crdbt pl
opxcrd bt pl
bt pl
opx btpl liq
grt opx crdkfs pl liq
opx kfspl liq
opx pl liq
opxcrd plliqopx pl liq
bt pl
grt opxbt kfspl liq
grt opxkfs pl liq
grt opxkfs pl liq
grt opxpl liq
grt opxpl liq
NCKFMASH (+qtz) Composition B
P (k
bar)
T (°C)
(a) (b)
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When the Continental Crust Melts Edward W. Sawyer, Bernardo Cesare, and Michael Brown
How Does the Continental Crust Get Really Hot?Chris Clark, Ian C. W. Fitzsimons, David Healy, and Simon L. Harley
Is the Crucible Reproducible? Reconciling Melting Experiments with Thermodynamic CalculationsRichard W. White, Gary Stevens, and Timothy E. Johnson
Melted Rocks under the Microscope: Microstructures and Their InterpretationMarian B. Holness, Bernardo Cesare, and Edward W. Sawyer
Crustal Melting and the Flow of MountainsRebecca A. Jamieson, Martyn J. Unsworth, Nigel B. W. Harris, Claudio L. Rosenberg, and Karel Schulmann
Organizing Melt Flow through the CrustMichael Brown, Fawna J. Korhonen, and Christine S. Siddoway
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About the Cover: Spider Wall on the south face of Nuptse (the summit ridge
is at ~7650 m, and the wall is ~1700 m in height), showing a network of leucogranite dykes
in metasedimentary rocks of the Everest Series (centre)
above the Nuptse leucogranite, visible at the bottom left and
right. Leucogranites emplaced in the shallow crust are the end product of melting of the deep
crust in orogenic belts. The view is from Pokalde Peak in
the Khumbu Himalaya, Nepal. ImAge Courtesy of mICAh Jessup,
unIversIty of tennessee, usA
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