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• plutonic — adjective Etymology: Latin Pluton , Pluto Date: 1833 1. formed by solidification of magma deep within the earth and crystalline throughout < plutonic rock > 2. often capitalized plutonian …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Rock cycle — rocks do not remain in equilibrium and are forced to change as they encounter new environments. The rock cycle is an illustration that explains how the 3 rock types are related to each other and how processes change from one type to another over… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Volcanic rock — is an igneous rock of volcanic origin. Texture Volcanic rocks are usually fine grained or aphanitic to glassy in texture. They often contain clasts of other rocks and phenocrysts. Phenocrysts are crystals that are larger than the matrix and are… …   Wikipedia

• Igneous rock — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)   Shield …   Wikipedia

• Olympic-Wallowa Lineament — Location of the Olympic Wallowa Lineament. Is the OWL an optical illusion? The Olympic Wallowa lineament (OWL) – first reported by cartographer Erwin Raisz in 1945 [1] on a relief map of the continental United States – is a physiographic feature… …   Wikipedia

• Craton — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)   Shield …   Wikipedia

• Western High Plateau — Menchum Falls in the Northwest Province The Western High Plateau, Western Highlands, or Bamenda Grassfields is a region of Cameroon characterised by high relief, cool temperatures, heavy rainfall, and savanna vegetation. The region lies along the …   Wikipedia

• anorthosite — anorthositic /an aw theuh sit ik/, adj. /an awr theuh suyt /, n. Petrol. a granular plutonic rock composed largely of labradorite or a more calcic feldspar. [1860 65; < F anorthose anorthoclase (an AN 1 + Gk orthós straight) + ITE1] * * * Type of …   Universalium

• Gabbro — (pronEng|ˈɡæbrəʊ) is a dark, coarse grained, intrusive igneous rock chemically equivalent to basalt. It is a plutonic rock, formed when molten magma is trapped beneath the Earth s surface and cools into a crystalline mass. The vast majority of… …   Wikipedia

• Irumide Belt — The Irumide Belt is a Mesoproterozoic terrane of deformed basement and folded supracrustals, which occurs along the southern margin of an Archaean/Palaeoproterozoic unit called the Bangweulu Block in Zambia.The Irumide Belt comprises deformed… …   Wikipedia