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What provides the mechanism by which mantle rocks and magma is produced

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At mid-ocean ridges, decompression melting is the major mechanism by which mantle rock is melted and ultimately turned into oceanic crust. ... So the mantle is brought up along an adiabatic path and then melts upon decompression, then we get magma!

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