In geology, an igneous intrusion (or intrusive body or simply intrusion) is a body of intrusive igneous rock that forms by crystallization of magma slowly... 22 KB (2,757 words) - 14:51, 6 March 2024 |
Intrusive rock (redirect from Magma intrusion) underground to form intrusions, such as batholiths, dikes, sills, laccoliths, and volcanic necks. Intrusion is one of the two ways igneous rock can form. The... 10 KB (1,171 words) - 06:49, 1 March 2024 |
Dome (geology) (section Igneous intrusion) formation of domes, the foremost of which are refolding, diapirism, igneous intrusion, and post-impact uplift. Structural domes can be formed by horizontal... 12 KB (1,304 words) - 08:14, 22 April 2024 |
The Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) is the largest layered igneous intrusion within the Earth's crust. It has been tilted and eroded forming the outcrops... 55 KB (6,271 words) - 09:14, 11 April 2024 |
Country rock (geology) (section Igneous intrusions) LOPOLITH…, SILL OR DIKE? – INTRUSIONS (2)". Volcano Hotspot. Retrieved 18 December 2018. Khoso, Sultan Ahmed. "Intrusive Igneous Rock Structures" (PDF).... 5 KB (424 words) - 05:12, 16 July 2023 |
Laccolith (category Sheet intrusions) type of intrusion. Laccolith mountains have since been identified in many other parts of the world. A laccolith is a type of igneous intrusion, formed... 22 KB (2,671 words) - 03:33, 11 February 2024 |
Fold (geology) (section Igneous intrusion) by differential compaction or due to the effects of a high-level igneous intrusion e.g. above a laccolith. The fold hinge is the line joining points... 27 KB (3,011 words) - 18:08, 13 September 2023 |
Igneous rock (igneous from Latin igneus 'fiery'), or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic... 48 KB (5,657 words) - 16:36, 13 April 2024 |
Lopolith (category Igneous intrusions) A lopolith is a large igneous intrusion which is lenticular in shape with a depressed central region. Lopoliths are generally concordant with the intruded... 2 KB (177 words) - 21:17, 6 November 2023 |