igneous intrusion
body of intrusive igneous rock that forms by crystallization of magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth
dike
sheet of rock formed in a fracture in a pre-existing rock body
Rum layered intrusion
intrusion in Scotland
pluton
body of intrusive igneous rocks
cone sheet
type of igneous intrusion of subvolcanic rock
batholith
large igneous rock intrusion
sill
A tabular sheet intrusion that has intruded between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff, or along the direction of foliation in metamorphic rock
Sheet intrusion
geologic process and formation
Cleveland Dyke
geological feature across England and Scotland
laccolith
lenticular igneous intrusion with a raised central region
layered intrusion
large sill-like body of igneous rock
volcanic plug
volcanic object created when magma hardens within a vent on an active volcano
stock
geological feature
lopolith
lenticular igneous intrusion with a depressed central region