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плоский плутон
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
Pluton — A pluton in geology is an intrusive igneous rock body that crystallized from a magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth. Plutons include batholiths, dikes, sills, laccoliths, lopoliths, and other igneous bodies. In practice, pluton… … Wikipedia
Sill (geology) — In geology, a sill is a tabular pluton that has intruded between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff, or even along the direction of foliation in metamorphic rock. The term sill is synonymous with concordant intrusive… … Wikipedia
Intrusion — In geology, an intrusion is a body of igneous rock that has crystallized from molten magma below the surface of the Earth. Bodies of magma that solidify underground before they reach the surface of the earth are called plutons, named for Pluto,… … Wikipedia
Kaapvaal craton — The Kaapvaal craton (Limpopo province of South Africa), along with the Pilbara craton of Western Australia, are the only remaining areas of pristine 3.6 2.5 Ga crust on Earth. Similarities of rock records from both these cratons, especially of… … Wikipedia
Intrusión (geología) — La Torre del Diablo, en Wyoming (Estados Unidos) es una intrusión ígnea expuesta cuando se erosionó la roca suave que la rodeaba. En geología, una intrusión es un cuerpo de roca ígnea que ha cristalizado desde el magma fundido bajo la superficie… … Wikipedia Español
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
Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… … Universalium
Wichita Mountains — Range Elk Mountain, in the eastern Wichita Mountains … Wikipedia