Multiple Choice
What type of melting takes place when a body of hot mantle rock moves upward and the pressure is reducted to the extent that the melting point drops to the temperature of the body?
A) decompression melting
B) subduction melting
C) depressurized melting
D) exfoliational melting
E) mantle plume melting
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