• Roberta Rudnick on the Continental Crustal Composition Paradox

  • Jul 31 2024
  • Length: 28 mins
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Roberta Rudnick on the Continental Crustal Composition Paradox

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  • Continental crust is derived from magmas that come from the mantle. So, naively, one might expect it to mirror the composition of the mantle. But our measurements indicate that it does not. Continental crust contains significantly more silica and less magnesium and iron than the mantle. How can we be sure this discrepancy is real, and what do we think explains it? In the podcast, Roberta Rudnick presents our current thinking about these questions. Surprisingly, more than 30 years after she and others first identified the so-called continental crustal composition paradox, there is still no consensus among geologists as to which of the many proposed hypotheses most convincingly solves the paradox.

    Rudnick is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth Science at the University of California Santa Barbara.

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