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Continental Crust Composition

Continental Crust Composition is a geological construct that specifies the relative abundance and distribution of chemical elements and mineral phases comprising the continental segment of Earth's outermost solid layer, distinguished from oceanic crust by its markedly felsic character, greater thickness, and enriched concentrations of silica, aluminum, potassium, and sodium.

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The composition of the Earth

W. F. McDonough, Shen‐Su Sun · Chemical Geology · 1995 · 13.7K citations

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The continental crust: Its composition and evolution

Stuart Ross Taylor, S. M. McLennan · Academic Commons (Stony Brook University) · 1985 · 11.1K citations · Full text

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The continental crust: its composition and evolution

Brian F. Windley · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors · 1986 · 11K citations

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Distribution of the Elements in Some Major Units of the Earth's Crust

Karl K. Turekian, K. H. Wedepohl · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1961 · 5.6K citations · Full text

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The geochemical evolution of the continental crust

Stuart Ross Taylor, S. M. McLennan · Reviews of Geophysics · 1995 · 4.5K citations

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    Roberta L. Rudnick

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

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    Shan Gao

    China University of Geosciences, China

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    Chris J. Hawkesworth

    The Open University, United Kingdom

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    Yongsheng Liu

    China University of Geosciences, China

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    Yong‐Fei Zheng

    University of Science and Technology of China, China

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