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  • Created on: 29-07-19 15:30
Andesitic
Magma that is 52-63% Silica content found at convergent margins
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Assimilation
Ascending magmas evolve chemically by recruiting early dissolved or melted components
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Asthenosphere
The upper layer of the Earth's mantle
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Basaltic magma
Thin, runny lava found at divergent margins and hotspots
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Convection cells
Residual heat in the core leftover from the Earth being formed and from decay of radioactive heat producing elements in the mantle/crust
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Convergent
2 lithospheric plates colliding with each other
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Divergent
2 lithospheric plates moving away from each other
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Decompression melting
The up
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Ascending magmas evolve chemically by recruiting early dissolved or melted components

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Assimilation

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The upper layer of the Earth's mantle

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Thin, runny lava found at divergent margins and hotspots

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Residual heat in the core leftover from the Earth being formed and from decay of radioactive heat producing elements in the mantle/crust

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