Growth of early continental crust controlled by melting of amphibolite in subduction zones

By S. Foley, M. Tiepolo, R. Vannucci. Nature, 2002

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The partitioning of trace elements between ilmenite, ulvospinel, armalcolite and silicate melts with implications for the early differentiation of the moon (2006, background): “Especially amphibolites, which commonly contain ilmenite as accessory phases, have been identified as a possible source in the generation of the continental crust (Rapp and Watson, 1995; Foley et al., 2002; Rapp et al., 2003) in a subduction zone environment.”
Partial melting of lower crust at 10–15 kbar: constraints on adakite and TTG formation (2013, background): “A slabmelting petrogenesis has also been proposed for Archean TTG rocks (Martin 1986, 1987, 1999; Drummond and Defant 1990; Foley et al. 2002; Martin and Moyen 2002; Martin et al. 2005), which generally possess lower MgO, Cr, and Ni than modern adakites probably due to little interaction between the”
Growth of early continental crust by partial melting of eclogite (2003, background): “Here we present direct experimental evidence showing that partial melting of hydrous basalt in the eclogite facies produces granitoid liquids with major- and trace-element compositions equivalent to Archaean TTG, including the low Nb/Ta and high Zr/Sm ratios of ‘average’ Archaean TT”