Periodic Reporting for period 1 - MIGRATE (MINERAL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY OF GRANITES: A NEW APPROACH INTEGRATING MICROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND THERMO-MECHANICAL MODELLING TO DISCLOSE THE THERMOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE CONTINENTAL CRUST)

Earth is unique among known terrestrial planets in having a continental crust; i.e. the life-sustaining interface between our planet’s deep interior and surface. The withdrawal of large volumes of granitic magmas from the middle and lower crust and their emplacement at...