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Laccolith - Wikipedia
A laccolith is a body of intrusive rock with a dome-shaped upper surface and a level base, fed by a conduit from below. A laccolith forms when magma (molten ...
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Oligocene Laccoliths and Sedimentary Rock Domes of the Henry ...
The dome-like structures in Triassic to Jurassic sedimentary rocks of the Henry Mountains offer the defining locality (Gilbert, 1877) and one of the best ...
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The Odd and Interesting Geology of the Henry Mountains Laccolith ...
He was the one who coined the term 'laccolith,' from the Greek 'laccos,' cistern, and 'lith,' stone. Laccoliths are mushroom shaped, concave ...
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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 ...
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LACCOLITH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of LACCOLITH is a mass of igneous rock that is intruded between sedimentary beds and produces a domical bulging of the overlying strata.
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Laccolith | Igneous Rock, Intrusion & Pluton - Britannica
Laccolith, in geology, any of a type of igneous intrusion that has split apart two strata, resulting in a domelike structure.
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Laccolith - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
A laccolith is defined as a type of pluton that has a convex upper roof and a flat or approximately flat floor, resembling a dome in three dimensions.
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1. Laccolith 2. Small dike 3. Batholith 4. Dike 5. Sill 6. Volcanic neck ...
The basic types of igneous intrusions are: laccolith, small dike, batholith, dike, sill, volcanic neck/pipe, and lopolith.
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2. What's a laccolith?
Laccoliths are intrusive igneous formations formed when magma cools beneath the surface, causing overlying rock layers to dome upward.
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PGT : 8.2.2.1 Laccolith - OEIT
A laccolith is a large mound of igneous rock beneath the earth's surface caused by magma intrusion, sometimes attaining the size of a mountain.
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LACCOLITH Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun · A body of igneous rock intruded between layers of sedimentary rock, resulting in uplift. Laccoliths are usually plano-convex in cross-section, having a ...
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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