- A
lopolith is a
large igneous intrusion which is
lenticular in
shape with a
depressed central region.
Lopoliths are
generally concordant with the intruded...
- less than 3
kilometers (1.9 mi), and in
regions of
crustal compression.
Lopoliths are
concordant intrusions with a
saucer shape,
somewhat resembling an...
-
formation of
lopoliths. They are the
cantilever model and the
piston model. The
cantilever model describes the
formation of the
lopoliths as a
result of...
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characteristic of
lopoliths,
which are large, saucer-shaped
intrusions that are
primarily Precambrian in age.
Prominent examples of
lopoliths include the Bushveld...
-
mountain next to Sofia,
Bulgaria Batholith –
Large igneous rock
intrusion Lopolith –
Lenticular igneous intrusion with a
depressed central region Stock –...
- small-volume ultrapot****ic
igneous rocks primarily occurring as ****s,
lopoliths, laccoliths, stocks, and
small intrusions. They are
alkaline silica-undersaturated...
-
analogues are preserved. Most of
these rocks occur as ****s, diatremes,
lopoliths or laccoliths, and very rarely, intrusions. Most
kimberlite and lamproite...
- than
plutonic or
volcanic rocks and
often form ****s, sills, laccoliths,
lopoliths, or phacoliths.
Extrusive igneous rock, also
known as
volcanic rock, is...
-
Diabase cools slower through shallow intrusions, such as sills, ****s,
lopoliths or laccoliths. This
allows individual crystals to grow up to 2 mm (0.079 in)...
- this
being Phalaborwa,
South Africa.
Carbonatites in the form of sills,
lopoliths and rare ****s are
reported in the
Guyana Shield. The Mud Tank and Mount...
