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Section 10-4 Igneous rock features
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Batholith Large intrusive rock body Hundreds kilometers wide Magma cools underground Old magma chamber
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laccolith Laccoliths are somewhat large intrusions that result in uplift and folding of the preexisting rocks above the intrusion. They are also concordant types of intrusions.
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Dike – Vertical intrusion that cuts across rock layers
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Shiprock volcanic neck and dike, symbols of New Mexico geology, west of Farmington, NM.
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sill Sill Horizontal intrusion of magma between vertical layers or cracks
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Volcanic neck Volcanic neck – Hardened magma inside of the vent Volcanic cone is eroded away leaving the neck exposed
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caldera Top/crater of volcano collapses in on itself leaving a larger crater. Caldera lake – Sometimes the crater fills in with water creating a lake
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