Whats a batholith?!
Whats a batholith?
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a large body of intrusive igneous rock believed to have crystallized at a considerable depth below the earth's surface; pluton.
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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).
batholith (plural batholiths)
(geology) A large irregular mass of intrusive igneous rock that has melted or forced itself into surrounding strata.