Why can an intruding mafic magma assimilate felsic country rock, but an intruding felsic magma

cannot assimilate mafic country rock? What will be an ideal response?


Mafic magma has a higher temperature than felsic magma, while felsic rock melts at lower
temperatures than mafic rock

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