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Igneous Rock Features
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Batholith Hardened magma chamber
Can be 100’s of kilometers wide, long and thick
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Laccolith Magma that came up through the crust and hardened, but never broke through and never became a volcano. Pushes up layers of rock Smaller than a batholith
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Dike Magma squeezes into vertical cracks that cut across rock layers
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Sill Magma squeezes into horizontal cracks between rock layers
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Volcanic neck A volcano stops erupting and the magma hardens inside the vent. Erosion wears away the sides of the volcano and leaves the solid center
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Caldera Large opening formed when the top of a volcano collapses down into the partially emptied magma chamber
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Volcanic Bombs, Easter Island
Devil’s Postpile, CA
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Giant’s Causeway, Ireland
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