KnowraPartial meltingLinked fromLinked fromThe 27 pages that link to Partial melting, each with the reason it gives.All 27Related 19Narrower topic 2Compared with 6Bowen's reaction seriesCompared with: The mirror process: melts follow the series in reverse, extracting the late-crystallizing components first.Metamorphic petrologyCompared with: It marks the transition beyond metamorphism without complete melting.Crystal fractionationCompared with: Creates compositional variety before any crystallization; the two are often confused as origins of diverse magmas.Mantle xenolithCompared with: Magma can form by partial melting, while xenoliths are solid fragments transported within it.ProtolithCompared with: It marks a limit beyond ordinary solid-state transformation of a protolith.Igneous differentiationCompared with: It creates compositional diversity before magma begins differentiating by crystallization.