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Definition of Intrusive rocks

Intrusive rocks
Intrusive In*tru"sive, a. Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome. Intrusive rocks (Geol.), rocks which have been forced, while in a plastic or melted state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks. The term is sometimes used as equivalent to plutonic rocks. It is then contrasted with effusive or volcanic rocks.

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- Tuolumne Intrusive Suite Volcanic rock Woodstock Quartz Monzonite Intrusive Rocks: Intrusive rocks, accessdate: March 27, 2017. Igneous intrusive rocks: Igneous...
- surface as intrusive rocks or on the surface as extrusive rocks. Igneous rock may form with crystallization to form granular, crystalline rocks, or without...
- author. These rocks can be divided into Jur****ic and Cretaceous intrusive suites. As one time, the oldest of the Jur****ic intrusive rocks were tentatively...
- as a fallback An intrusive igneous rock intermediate in composition between diorite and monzonite Monzogranite – Biotite granite rocks that are considered...
- that have intruded these metamorphic rocks, and also intrusive Early Paleoproterozoic ultramafic rocks. The term Zoroaster Plutonic Complex is used for all...
- Icelandic hotspot by examining igneous rocks throughout the Northern Atlantic region. This is possible because certain rocks attributable to hotspot volcanism...
- andesite, dacite and rhyolite intruded these formations, with deeper intrusive rocks of granodiorite porphyry composition and texture (Vergunov; Vergunov...
- Fe and Mg, such as carbonatites and ultrapot****ic igneous rocks. Intrusive ultramafic rocks are often found in large, layered ultramafic intrusions where...
- change in composition.: 591–599  Igneous rocks are divided into two main categories: Plutonic or intrusive rocks result when magma cools and crystallizes...
- Tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite (TTG) rocks are intrusive rocks with typical granitic composition (quartz and feldspar) but containing only a small...