Definitions for "batholith"
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Pluton, Plutonic, Ophiolite, Hypabyssal, Country rock, Plutonic rock, Laccolith, Intrusion, Dike, Andesite, Dyke, Intrusive rock, Intrusive, Dacite, Diabase, Basalt, Dolerite, Igneous rocks, Felsite, Rhyolite, Igneous, Trachyte, Eruptive, Volcanic, Stock, Norite, Extrusive, Granitic, Gabbro, Monzonite, Anorthosite, Igneous rock, Granite, Diorite, Extrusive rock, Nephelinite, Granodiorite, Tonalite, Xenolith, Magma, Diapir, Syenite, Volcanic rock, Pillow lava, Achondrite, Pillow basalt, Lamprophyre, Lava , Composite volcano, Phenocryst
A large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.
A large mass of igneous rock extending to great depth with its upper portion dome-like in shape. Similar, smaller masses of igneous rocks are known as bosses or plugs.
Igneous rock that has melted from pressures within the earth. The rock then moves into or intrudes other rock formations.
a great irregular mass of coarse-grained igneous rock with an exposed surface of more than 100 km2, which has either intruded the country rock or been derived from it through metamorphism
A large (100km2 exposed body of plutonic igneous rock.
A vast composite, intrusive, igneous rock body up to several hundred km long and 100 km wide, formed by the intrusion of numerous plutons in the same region.
old magma chamber, now exposed by extensive erosion of the earth's surface as a large area of igneous rock, usually granite.
A very large intrusive igneous rock mass that has been exposed by erosion and with an exposed surface area of over 100 square kilometers. A batholith has no known floor.
a large discordant pluton with an outcropping area greater than 100 square kilometers
a large intrusive plutonic rock body, larger than 402 km surface exposure.
A massive discordant pluton with a surface area greater than 100 square kilometers, typically having a depth of about 30 kilometers. Batholiths are generally found in elongated mountain ranges after the country rock above them has eroded.
A large, generally discordant plutonic igneous intrusion, often elongated, and outcropping over at least 100km2 and extending to unknown depth. Batholiths are usually associated with orogenic belts.
A very large body of igneous rock, usually granite, that has been exposed by erosion of the overlying rock.
a discordant magma body
a huge intrusive igneous rock mass or pluton that when uncovered creates topographic highs in mountainous regions
a large body of intrusive rock, usually granite, which has been formed by the crystallisation and solidification of magma
a large composite of many individual plutons
a large former magma chamber, often many miles across
a large intrusion of solidified magma that does not reach the earth's surface as it cools
a massive intrusive feature
A very large, irregular shaped intrusion formed from magma being injected into rork at a great depth.
It is a term for the enormous mass of igneous rock which has intruded through a layer of sedimentary rock at great depths.
A large, discordant, intrusive body of igneous rock. The granitic Saganaga Batholith is bedrock from Saganaga south to Seagull and southeast to nearly Gunflint Lake.
A large, generally discordant plutonic mass that has more than 40sq. mi. (100km²) of surface exposure and no known floor. Its formation is believed by most investigators to involve magmatic processes.
A very large body of intrusive rock, usually granite.
A great, irregular mass of rock cutting across the country rock, with an exposed surface of at least 100 km2; usually an intrusive igneous rock, but sometimes derived from the country rock through very high temperature and pressure metamorphism. (See also Discordant intrusion.)
Refers to a very large body of plutonic rock. The Sierra Nevada batholith comprises several smaller plutons that represent the repeated intrusions of granitic magma. From the Greek bathos, deep, and lithos, rock.
A large, domed, intrusive igneous body.
Geologic structure. A large plutonic mass that has over 40 square miles (100 km2) of surface exposure and no known floor. Its formation is believed by most investigators to involve the upwelling of molten rock.
Greek bathosz "depth", lithosz "stone" Extensive rock-body, which originated as a result of intrusion.
A mass of igneous rock with a surface area greater than 100 square kilometers.
more or less well-shaped body of large dimensions of plutonic rocks, mainly of granitic kind.
a domed-shaped mass of Igneous rock which cooled underground, and was eventually exposed at the surface of the Earth by the many agents of erosion.
The largest of intrusive igneous bodies, more than 40 square miles on its uppermost surface [LCOTE
A very large mass of intrusive igneous rock, many cubic kilometres in volume.
A large mass of subsurface intrusive igneous rock that has its origins from mantle magma.
A batholith is a huge body of igneous rock that solidified under that Earth but now has at least 100 square kilometers (40 square miles) exposed. Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, California, USA, is a granite batholith. Mt. Rushmore was carved from the northeastern edge of the Harney Peak Granite Batholith.
The largest and massive body of intrusive rocks, solidified as coarse crystalline rock in the deep horizons of the crust.
A huge body of plutonic rock that has been intruded deep into the Earth's crust and later exposed by erosion.
A batholith (from Greek bathos, depth + lithos, rock) is a large emplacement of igneous intrusive (also called plutonic) rock that forms from cooled magma deep in the Earth's crust. Batholiths are almost always made mostly of felsic or intermediate rock-types, such as granite, quartz monzonite, or diorite (see also granite dome).