Definition of Batholith. Meaning of Batholith. Synonyms of Batholith

- A batholith (from Ancient Gr**** bathos 'depth' and lithos 'rock') is a large m**** of intrusive igneous rock (also called plutonic rock), larger than 100 km2...
- Illescas Batholith is a geological complex located in Uruguay made up of various plutons including ra****vi granite and quartz syenite. The batholith is of...
- Coastal Batholith may refer to: Coastal Batholith of Peru formed in the Mesozoic Coastal Batholith of central Chile formed in the Paleozoic This disambiguation...
- The Boulder Batholith is a relatively small batholith in southwestern Montana, United States, exposed at the surface as granite (more specifically quartz...
- The Colangüil Batholith is a group of plutons in western Argentina between the latitudes of 29 and 31° S. The plutons of the batholith were emplaced and...
- recrystallization) in the batholith with that in the supracrustal wall rocks. Comparable mineral facies in the country rocks and batholiths indicate that emplacement...
- The Wyoming batholith is a granite batholith of Neoarchean origin 2,800 to 2,500 million years ago—which forms the eroded core of the Granite and Laramie...
- Mexico; the Ardnamurchan intrusion in Scotland; and the Sierra Nevada Batholith of California. Because the solid country rock into which magma intrudes...
- The Sierra Nevada Batholith is a large batholith that is approximately 400 miles long and 60-80 miles wide which forms the core of the Sierra Nevada mountain...
- The Cornubian batholith is a large m**** of granite rock, formed about 280 million years ago, which lies beneath much of Cornwall and Devon in the South...