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jhjkgdfhk

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Is the process of partial melting more likely to produce magmas that are more mafic or more felsic?
  Why? What will be an ideal response?



Question 2

Why can an intruding mafic magma assimilate felsic country rock, but an intruding felsic magma
  cannot assimilate mafic country rock? What will be an ideal response?




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Answer to Question 1

More mafic-felsic rocks melt at lower temperatures than do mafic rocks.

Answer to Question 2

Mafic magma has a higher temperature than felsic magma, while felsic rock melts at lower
temperatures than mafic rock





jhjkgdfhk

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Reply 2 on: Jul 15, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


ryhom

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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