concordant pluton

См. также в других словарях:

• Pluton (géologie) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pluton. En géologie, le terme de pluton[1] désigne un massif cristallin formé de roches plutoniques[2]. Les plutons sont le devenir des magmas lorsqu ils sont piégés en profondeur dans la croûte par opposition… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Methods of pluton emplacement — are not yet fully understood, but there are many different proposed pluton emplacement mechanisms. Stoping, diapirism and ballooning are the widely accepted mechanisms. There is now evidence of incremental emplacement of plutons. This means that… …   Wikipedia

• Laccolith — A laccolith is an igneous intrusion (or concordant pluton) that has been injected between two layers of sedimentary rock. The pressure of the magma is high enough that the overlying strata are forced upward, giving the laccolith a dome or… …   Wikipedia

• Intrusion — In geology, an intrusion is a body of igneous rock that has crystallized from molten magma below the surface of the Earth. Bodies of magma that solidify underground before they reach the surface of the earth are called plutons, named for Pluto,… …   Wikipedia

• Granite —  Ne doit pas être confondu avec granit. Granite, vallée de la rivière Merced, parc national du Yosemite …   Wikipédia en Français

• Roche granitique — Granite  Ne doit pas être confondu avec granit. Granite, vallée de la rivière Merced, parc national du Yosemite …   Wikipédia en Français

• igneous rock — Any of various crystalline or glassy, noncrystalline rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten earth material (magma). Igneous rocks comprise one of the three principal classes of rocks, the others being metamorphic and sedimentary …   Universalium

• Sill (geology) — In geology, a sill is a tabular pluton that has intruded between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff, or even along the direction of foliation in metamorphic rock. The term sill is synonymous with concordant intrusive… …   Wikipedia