A large igneous rock body that crystallized deep beneath the surface of the earth.
body of igneous rock formed below the earth's surface
An intrusive rock, as distinguished from the preexisting country rock that surrounds it.
Igneous rock formed beneath Earth's surface.
large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth
a body of hot material that rises within the earth because it is less dense that the material around it
a deep-seated igneous intrusion
a magmatic intrusion which, unlike a volcano, did not break through to the surface
an intrusive igneous formation
A large igneous intrusion formed at great depth in the crust.
A large body of intrusive igneous rock that solidified within the crust. Batholiths and Stocks are types of plutons.
A general term applied to any body of intrusive igneous rock that originates deep in the earth. Named for Pluto, Greek god of the underworld.
n. Any body of igneous rock that solidified below the earth's surface.
Any mass of intrusive igneous rock.
a body of plutonic rock. [AHDOS
A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma.
A pluton in geology is an intrusive igneous rock body that crystallized from a magma below the surface of the Earth. Plutons include batholiths, dikes, sills, laccoliths, lopoliths, and other igneous bodies. In practice, "pluton" usually refers to a distinctive mass of igneous rock, typically kilometers in dimension, without a tabular shape like those of dikes and sills.
