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"There's always been a 'chicken-and-egg' question of which came first -- the start of plate tectonics or TTG magmatism to make new continental crust," says Dr. Smit.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2024

Their size and distribution hold clues to plate tectonics and magmatism.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 18, 2023

This caused magmatism as the subducting slab sank, allowing asthenosphere material to rise around it.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

About 45 million years ago, another episode of magmatism sent dikes of granitic pegmatite through the orthogneiss.

From Scientific American • Mar. 7, 2012