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Andesitic volcanism and crustal evolution

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Petrological evidence indicates that andesite is a mixture of melts from the upper mantle and lower crust. Mixing is favoured by a compressional environment and generation of rhyolitic crustal melt is favoured by continental crust. Andesitic volcanism apparently involves both addition of new material to the crust and fractionation of pre-existing crust.

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