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The 27 pages that link to Partial melting, each with the reason it gives.

• Oceanic crustRelated: Partial melting of mantle rock generates magma that builds oceanic crust.

• GraniteRelated: Melting crustal rocks can generate granite-forming magma.

• VolcanismRelated: It generates much of the magma that feeds volcanic systems.

• Igneous rockRelated: It helps distinguish how igneous magma originates from how existing rock is transformed.

• Continental collisionRelated: Thickened continental crust may heat enough to generate melt and granitic magmas.

• PeridotiteRelated: It removes melt from mantle peridotite and changes the composition of the residue.

• Island arcRelated: Only part of the mantle wedge melts, generating arc magmas without melting the whole mantle.

• Decompression meltingRelated: Pressure release usually melts only part of the rising mantle rock.

• AsthenosphereRelated: Trace melts and volatile-rich zones contribute to the asthenosphere's low viscosity.

• GneissRelated: At high temperatures, partial melting can accompany the processes that form migmatitic gneiss.

• Flux meltingRelated: Flux melting produces a melt while much of the mantle wedge remains solid.

• PetrologyRelated: It generates magmas whose chemistry reveals the rocks from which they formed.

• Igneous petrologyRelated: Different degrees of melting help explain variation among primary magmas.

• TonaliteRelated: Partial melting of crustal rocks can generate tonalitic magmas.

• Ultramafic rockRelated: Different degrees of mantle melting generate magmas and residues with ultramafic compositions.

• 4 VestaRelated: Early radioactive heating partially melted Vesta and enabled its interior to separate into layers.

• BoniniteRelated: High degrees of melting help give boninite its depleted, magnesium-rich character.

• DaciteRelated: Partial melting of crustal or mantle-derived rocks can generate dacitic magma.

• GranuliteRelated: High temperatures that produce granulites can also cause partial melting.