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How the plate tectonics play a role in the creation of plutons?

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The majority of granitic magmas are formed by melting near the base of the continents. The magmas slowly rise through the crust like great balloons. They solidify near the surface to form gigantic bodies of igneous rock called plutons, which are exposed later when uplift and erosion remove the overlying rock.

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