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Chapter 17: Continental Arcs - Faculty web pages

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<strong>Chapter</strong> <strong>17</strong>:<br />

<strong>Continental</strong> Arc<br />

Magmatism<br />

Figure <strong>17</strong>-2. Schematic diagram to<br />

illustrate how a shallow dip of the<br />

subducting slab can pinch out the<br />

asthenosphere from the overlying<br />

mantle wedge. Winter (2001) An Introduction to<br />

Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology. Prentice Hall.

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