A batholith (from Ancient Greek bathos 'depth', and lithos 'rock') is a large mass of intrusive igneous rock (also called plutonic rock), larger than... 12 KB (948 words) - 09:36, 29 April 2024 |
The Wyoming batholith is a granite batholith of Neoarchean origin 2,800 to 2,500 million years ago—which forms the eroded core of the Granite and Laramie... 2 KB (181 words) - 13:21, 1 June 2018 |
The Colangüil Batholith is a group of plutons in western Argentina between the latitudes of 29 and 31° S. The plutons of the batholith were emplaced and... 4 KB (397 words) - 09:42, 15 March 2024 |
Illescas Batholith is a geological complex located in Uruguay made up of various plutons including rapakivi granite and quartz syenite. The batholith is of... 2 KB (216 words) - 06:30, 24 April 2023 |
The Boulder Batholith is a relatively small batholith in southwestern Montana, United States, exposed at the surface as granite (more specifically quartz... 4 KB (441 words) - 12:20, 1 July 2020 |
The Idaho Batholith is a granitic and granodioritic batholith of Cretaceous-Paleogene age that covers approximately 25,000 square kilometres (9,700 sq mi)... 9 KB (942 words) - 23:08, 8 January 2024 |
Coastal Batholith may refer to: Coastal Batholith of Peru formed in the Mesozoic Coastal Batholith of central Chile formed in the Paleozoic This disambiguation... 175 bytes (54 words) - 03:00, 29 August 2016 |
Patagonian Batholith is a collective name for a three batholiths in western and southern Patagonia: North Patagonian Batholith South Patagonian Batholith Tierra... 234 bytes (58 words) - 22:42, 28 August 2016 |
The Angara-Vitim batholith is group of plutons in the eastern Siberia, just east of Lake Baikal. The batholith formed in the Devonian–Early Carboniferous... 1 KB (143 words) - 08:08, 23 December 2020 |
The Achala Batholith (Spanish: batolito de Achala) is a group of plutons in the Sierras de Córdoba in central Argentina. With a mapped surface of over... 8 KB (872 words) - 09:11, 8 November 2023 |
The Antioquia Batholith (Spanish: Batolito Antioqueño, Ksta, Kqd, K2ba) is a cluster of plutons located in and named after Antioquia, Colombia. The plutons... 10 KB (830 words) - 18:52, 25 April 2024 |
The Gangdese batholith or Gangdese volcanic arc is a major geological structure in the south of the Lhasa terrane in Tibet, to the north of the Himalayas... 8 KB (906 words) - 07:48, 18 August 2023 |
The Cordillera Blanca Batholith (Spanish: Batolito de la Cordillera Blanca) is an extensive group of individual plutons that crop out near or at Cordillera... 1 KB (110 words) - 06:06, 13 August 2023 |
Igneous intrusion (section Batholiths) Mexico; the Ardnamurchan intrusion in Scotland; and the Sierra Nevada Batholith of California. Because the solid country rock into which magma intrudes... 22 KB (2,757 words) - 14:51, 6 March 2024 |
The Coastal Batholith of central Chile is a group of plutons in the Chilean Coast Range of Central Chile appearing contiguously from 33° S to 38° S. At... 5 KB (285 words) - 18:20, 6 December 2023 |
Aspero Batholith (Spanish: batolito de Cerro Aspero) is a group of plutons in southern Sierras Pampeanas in central Argentina. The batholith covers an... 3 KB (310 words) - 18:13, 22 April 2022 |
The Panguipulli Batholith is a granitic batholith of Jurassic age located in the Andes around Panguipulli Lake in southern Chile. Munizaga, F.; Herve... 2 KB (72 words) - 14:32, 7 May 2022 |
Elqui-Limarí Batholith is a group of plutons in the Andes of Chile and Argentina between the latitudes of 28 and 30° S. The plutons of the batholith were emplaced... 3 KB (257 words) - 18:25, 7 November 2023 |
Kalba-Narym batholith or Kalba-Narym granitic batholith is group of plutons and intrusions in the northeastern half of Kazakhstan. The batholith formed in... 4 KB (321 words) - 01:39, 24 December 2021 |
The Ljusdal Batholith is a group of plutons in central Sweden formed during the Svecofennian orogeny. The batholith occupies a NW-SE elongated area of... 1 KB (131 words) - 00:56, 8 November 2023 |
The North Patagonian Batholith (Spanish: Batolito Nor-Patagónico) is a series of igneous plutons in the Patagonian Andes of Argentina and Chile. The Northern... 2 KB (168 words) - 04:52, 15 July 2021 |
The Coastal Batholith of Peru (Spanish: Batolito costero peruano) is a group of hundreds, if not thousands, of individual plutons that crop out near or... 2 KB (212 words) - 02:48, 12 November 2023 |
created and is now visible as the granite domes of the Sierra Nevada Batholith. Batholiths are large masses of igneous rock that form deep below the surface... 3 KB (441 words) - 20:08, 17 June 2021 |
crystallizes, and solidifies underground to form intrusions, such as batholiths, dikes, sills, laccoliths, and volcanic necks. Intrusion is one of the... 10 KB (1,171 words) - 06:49, 1 March 2024 |
Chibagalakh Range (redirect from Chibagalakh batholith) of over 200 kilometers (120 mi) the Chibagalakh Range is the largest batholith in the area of Northeastern Russia. It is in part peraluminous two-mica... 4 KB (318 words) - 10:24, 5 December 2023 |
event) which runs through central Nevada. 200 Ma Triassic Sierra Nevada batholith first develops. 180 Ma Jurassic The Intermontane Plate collides with the... 4 KB (99 words) - 19:00, 21 October 2023 |
intrusion as batholiths into its lower continental crust. During the initial collision of the Asia and Indian plates, this granitic batholith was buried... 71 KB (7,854 words) - 06:13, 27 April 2024 |