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Combined experimental, temporal and geochemical observations of cordilleran granites lead to a physicochemical model for their crustal derivation and emphasize the genetic importance of crust-mantle interchange at accreting continental plate margins.
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BROWN, G. Evolution of Granite Magmas at Destructive Plate Margins. Nature Physical Science 241, 26–28 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci241026a0
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