magma
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Refertilization occurs when magma restores chemical components to mantle rock that previously lost them during partial melting.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
They propose that magma from a thermal-chemical plume rose through the plate, created the dike swarms, and then reacted with the surrounding mantle rock.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Large groups of these intrusions, called dike swarms, can preserve a record of intense volcanic activity long after the magma has solidified.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
According to the study, the collision between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates gradually transports these pockets of magma toward the surface.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
They’re trying to keep outsiders from drilling into the heart of their earth, because the fiery magma at its center has special, magical properties.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Strontium isotopes: Different forms of the element strontium used by scientists to determine the origin and history of rocks and magmas.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
He thinks that under the right conditions, similar light isotope ratios could have arisen in magmas interacting with seawater.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 30, 2024
The paper suggests that intense volcanism occurred on ancient Mars, causing the crust to collapse into the mantle, where the rocks re-melted, resulting in magmas that have high silica.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024
Granite, which usually forms from magmas that cooled and partially re-melted over and over—the minerals like quartz in granite melt easily, so they liquefy and separate from the leftover solid as rocks start to melt.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023
The original source of water, as well as of air, is in molten magmas coming from below.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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