Definition of Laccolite. Meaning of Laccolite. Synonyms of Laccolite

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Definition of Laccolite

Laccolite
Laccolite Lac"co*lite, Laccolith Lac"co*lith, n. [Gr. ? a cistern + -lite, -lith.] (Geol.) A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata. -- Lac`co*lit"ic, a.

Meaning of Laccolite from wikipedia

- eroded away to expose the intrusive cores. The term was first applied as laccolite by Gilbert after his study of intrusions of diorite in the Henry Mountains...
- first studied in 1875-1876 by Grove Karl Gilbert. He coined the term "laccolite" (now laccolith) to describe the characteristic shapes of some of the...
- Geology of the Henry Mountains. The term laccolith was first applied as laccolite by Gilbert after his study of intrusions of diorite in the Henry Mountains...
- Geology of the Henry Mountains. The term laccolith was first applied as laccolite by Gilbert after his study of intrusions of diorite in the Henry Mountains...
- plateau strata by the underground intrusion of large bodies or cisterns (laccolites) of lava, now more or less exposed by erosion. The large Basin and Range...
- Geology of the Henry Mountains. The term laccolith was first applied as laccolite by Gilbert after his study of intrusions of diorite in the Henry Mountains...
- which followed the pre-Cretaceous marine regression. Dolerite sills and laccolites of Oligocene age are interlayered within the Agula Shales. Small dolerite...