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Definition of Laccoliths

Laccolith
Laccolite Lac"co*lite, Laccolith Lac"co*lith, n. [Gr. ? a cistern + -lite, -lith.] (Geol.) A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata. -- Lac`co*lit"ic, a.

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- while laccoliths were always greater than 1 square kilometer in area. From this, Gilbert concluded that sills were forerunners of laccoliths. Laccoliths formed...
- penetrate between sedimentary beds. A laccolith is a concordant intrusion with a flat base and domed roof. Laccoliths typically form at shallow depth, less...
- emplacement result in different structures, including plutons, sills, laccoliths and lopoliths. Partial melting is the first step for generating magma...
- than the sedimentary rock. Different types of intrusions include stocks, laccoliths, batholiths, sills and ****s. The principle of cross-cutting relationships...
- into which it intrudes. Typical intrusive bodies are batholiths, stocks, laccoliths, sills and ****s. Common intrusive rocks are granite, gabbro, or diorite...
- solidifies underground to form intrusions, such as batholiths, ****s, sills, laccoliths, and volcanic necks. Intrusion is one of the two ways igneous rock can...
- of four laccoliths that are very similar. The key difference is variation of percentages in the minerals present and one of the four laccoliths experiences...
- the igneous rocks present. Some igneous intrusions have the shapes of laccoliths. The ages of these igneous rocks fall between 25 and 28 million years...
- Iceland Gudmundsson A., Pasquarè F.A., Tibaldi A. (2014) ****s, Sills, Laccoliths, and Inclined Sheets in Iceland in Advances in Volcanology, Berlin, Springer...
- lava flows, blanket the surface. Igneous intrusions such as batholiths, laccoliths, ****s, and sills, push upwards into the overlying rock, and crystallize...