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GeologyDioriteZirconGeochemistryFelsicMaficContinental crustCrustUnderplatingGranulitePartial meltingMagmatismPetrologyLithophileLileSubductionGeomorphologyTectonicsFacies
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Roberta L. Rudnick,
Shan Gao
(2003).
Composition of the Continental Crust.
Treatise on Geochemistry
, 1-64.
https://doi.org/10.1016/b0-08-043751-6/03016-4
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- 10.1016/b0-08-043751-6/03016-4