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1)) Name and describe two mechanisms by which mantle rock can melt without an increase in temperature.

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User Ron Diel
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Called as mantel melting

Step-by-step explanation:

  • The mantel rocks can break and melt without the increase in temperature due to the overexerted pressure of the rocks.
  • This process is called decompression melting. Rocks can melt in the mantel due to dehydration thus producing molten magma and lava.
  • As the rocks don't melt homogeneously there is a complex mixture of mineral content during the subduction and presence of volatile substances like the water or CO2.
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