Batholith - Wikipedia
A batholith (from Ancient Greek bathos 'depth' and lithos 'rock') is a large mass of intrusive igneous rock (also called plutonic rock), larger than 100 km 2 (40 sq mi) in area, [1] that forms from cooled magma deep in the Earth's crust.
Batholith | Igneous Rock, Plutonic, Intrusive | Britannica
batholith, large body of igneous rock formed beneath the Earth’s surface by the intrusion and solidification of magma. It is commonly composed of coarse-grained rocks (e.g., granite or granodiorite) with a surface exposure of 100 square km (40 square miles) or larger.
EarthWord: Batholith | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
2015年9月7日 · Despite sounding like something out of Harry Potter, a batholith is a type of igneous rock that forms when magma rises into the earth’s crust, but does not erupt onto the surface.
Sierra Nevada Batholith - Wikipedia
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 range in California, exposed at the surface as granite. [1]
What Is A Batholith? - WorldAtlas
2018年6月2日 · A batholith is a giant mass of intrusive igneous rock that forms when magma collects and cools deep in the earth’s crust without being exposed to the surface. A batholith is usually larger than 40 square miles. The main composition of a batholith is coarse grained granite.
A survey of features of batholiths in the United States is interpreted to indicate that batholiths generally are thin, having spread out laterally at shallow depth, and that many of them reach the surface and crystallize beneath a cover of their own volcanic ejecta.
Intrusive, Uplift and Erosional History of the Northern Sierra …
This project will document the distribution, age, petrology, and geochemistry of batholithic rocks in northwest Nevada, in order to more rigorously integrate their intrusive history and petrogenesis with other parts of the magmatic arc.
Batholith - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
A batholith is a large body of igneous rock formed within the Earth's crust, often with discordant side contacts, and typically composed of a suite of structurally linked plutons. You might find these chapters and articles relevant to this topic.
Pluton/Batholith – Cal Geographic
Batholith: Large body of plutonic rock mainly composed of granodiorite and granite, typically occurring in the magmatic belt above subduction zones. By far the largest and most amorphous intrusion is the batholith, which is a subterranean igneous body of enormous size and perhaps of unknown depth.
Batholithic Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of BATHOLITH is a great mass of intruded igneous rock that for the most part stopped in its rise a considerable distance below the surface.