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    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...
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    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...
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    formation of domes, the foremost of which are refolding, diapirism, igneous intrusion, and post-impact uplift. Structural domes can be formed by horizontal...
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    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...
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    LOPOLITH…, SILL OR DIKE? – INTRUSIONS (2)". Volcano Hotspot. Retrieved 18 December 2018. Khoso, Sultan Ahmed. "Intrusive Igneous Rock Structures" (PDF)....
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    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...
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    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...
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    Igneous rock (igneous from Latin igneus 'fiery'), or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic...
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    crosscutting intrusions. In geology, when an igneous intrusion cuts across a formation of sedimentary rock, it can be determined that the igneous intrusion is younger...
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    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...
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