EP CONCEPTUAL PHYSICAL SCI.-MOD.MASTER.

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ISBN: 9780134091983

Author: Hewitt

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Chapter 21, Problem 72E

Magma is generated at divergent and convergent plate boundaries. What type of magma is dominant at each boundary? Why are they different?

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