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To what depth below Earth's surface do you have to go before the pressure and temperature cause rocks to melt?
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At depths between 50 to 200 km below Earth's surface, temperatures and friction, along with the presence of water, could cause melting of subducting crustal material. Rising currents of mantle rock could melt from decompression at shallower depths.
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