These granite peaks are an example of felsic rock, created via plate tectonics. Credit: Basil Greber ...

The origin of bimodal (mafic–felsic) rock suites is a fundamental question in volcanology. Here, the authors present a new model for magmatic differentiation in continental igneous provinces and ...

Such early felsic rocks within the mafic proto-crust 9 may have acted as nuclei for the initiation of peeling-off under the EPT regime.