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As we have seen, granite is ubiquitous on terrestrial bodies in the solar system. Its volume relates to two factors: the persistence of volcanism and the presence of water. The more water there is available in the mantle, the greater the occurrence of partial melting; the longer the lower crust remains hot, the more likely it will be that bodies of mafic magma will persist and fractionate.
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Stevenson, D.S. (2018). Exoplanets, Granitoids and Evolutionary Potential. In: Granite Skyscrapers. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91503-6_8
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