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laccolith
laccolith Geol. (ˈlækəlɪθ) [f. as prec. + λίθ-ος stone.] = laccolite. (Now commoner in use than laccolite.)1879 Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 3) 840 The laccolith, as is seen, rests on horizontal strata. 1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. vi. 86 There are few good examples of laccoliths in Britain, though ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Laccolith
An example of a fingered laccolith is the Shonkin Sag laccolith in Montana, US. of the host rock, is the horizontal distance from the center of the laccolith, and is the outer radius of the laccolith. wikipedia.org
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phacolith
phacolith Geol. (ˈfækəʊlɪθ) [Alteration of prec.: see -lith.] An intrusive mass of igneous rocks situated between consecutive strata at the top of an anticline or the bottom of a syncline.1910 Lake & Rastall Text-bk. Geol. xiii. 225 These long narrow intrusions are called by Mr. Harker phacolites (m... Oxford English Dictionary
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Lone Cone (Colorado)
Geology The mountain, a laccolith, is between 20 and 40 million years old and is the westernmost of over a dozen laccoliths that are the same age as rocks wikipedia.org
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Cactolith
anastomosing ductoliths, whose distal ends curl like a harpolith, thin out like a sphenolith, or bulge discordantly like an akmolith or ethmolith"; i.e. a laccolith wikipedia.org
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Ben Crom
An exposed area on the south west of the mountain shows where the Eocene aplitic granite meets the laccolith top of the older Mesozoic granite ring dike wikipedia.org
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Mount Pennell
The term laccolith was first applied as laccolite by Gilbert after his study of intrusions of diorite in the Henry Mountains. See also Colorado Plateau Laccolith List of mountain peaks of Utah References External links Weather forecast: Mount Pennell Mountains of Utah wikipedia.org
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دغمور
الدُّغْمُور أو الصخر المُنْدَسّ أو الكتل النارية المحدبة (بالإنجليزية Laccolith)، هي كتل صخرية نارية كبيرة الحجم كانت في بداية تكونها صهيرًا صخريًا، ثم wikipedia.org
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岩盖
岩盖(英语:Laccolith)是一种片状的侵入体(或是一致的深成岩体)。它侵入到了沉积岩层内或层之间;当母岩为火山岩时,该岩盖被称为隐形穹(cryptodomes)。 Friedman and Curtis Huffman, Jr., coordinators, "Laccolith Complexes of Southeastern Utah: Time of Emplacement and Tectonic Setting -- Workshop Proceedings wikipedia.org
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Shonkin Sag
Laccolith The Shonkin Sag lends its name to the Shonkin Sag laccolith, a famous laccolith thick and wide near the western mouth of the Shonkin Sag. Significant amounts of syenite and shonkinite can be found in the laccolith. wikipedia.org
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Solitario
When viewed from above, it suggests an impact crater; though it is actually the eroded remains of a laccolith. Geology The Solitario is a structural dome developed in Paleozoic and Cretaceous rocks above an Eocene granite laccolith intrusion. wikipedia.org
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Mount Lebanon (Montana)
Geology Mount Lebanon is an exposed laccolith composed of diorite porphyry which was created by an igneous intrusion through older Cretaceous sedimentary Over time, erosion of the sedimentary rock has exposed the solidified laccolith which is more resistant to weathering. wikipedia.org
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Mount Brown (Liberty County, Montana)
Geology Mount Brown is an exposed laccolith composed of syenitic and monzonitic trachytes created by an igneous intrusion through older Jurassic and Cretaceous Over time, erosion of the sedimentary rock has exposed the solidified laccolith which is more resistant to weathering. wikipedia.org
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Gold Butte (Montana)
Geology Gold Butte is an exposed laccolith composed of diorite porphyry which was created by an igneous intrusion through older Cretaceous sedimentary Over time, erosion of the sedimentary rock has exposed the solidified laccolith which is more resistant to weathering. wikipedia.org
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Christmas Mountains caldera complex
It is the oldest such complex preserved in Texas and is the type example of a laccocaldera (eruptive laccolith). The nearby Solitario laccolith of Big Bend National Park, once classified as a laccolith, has now been reevaluated as a laccocaldera. wikipedia.org
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