Editor＇s note： how and where does continental crust form？

‘‘The significance of the continental crust on which we live is self-evident,yet our knowledge remains limited on its origin,its way and rate of growth,and how it has acquired the‘andesitic’composition from mantle derived magmas’’[1].In this invited contribution,Cin-Ty Lee offers his perspectives.Cin-Ty Lee has been a professor of geochemistry at Rice University in Houston,Texas(USA),