A sill of monzonite intrudes Cambrian carbonate bedrock, near Notch Peak, Utah.
A sheet intrusion, or tabular intrusion, is a planar sheet of roughly the same thickness, that forms inside a pre-existing rock.[1] When it cuts into another unlayered mass, or across layers, it is called a dike. When it is formed between layers in a layered rock mass, it is called a sill.
An igneous sheet intrusion is formed where a mass of molten magma takes advantage of a pre-existing linear feature in a host rock, such as a long rupture or fault, and forces its way into these spaces. Thus the magma, intruded between existing rocks, solidifies into large thin sheets of igneous rock. They are among the most extensive igneous features on Earth,[citation needed] in the form of dikes, laccoliths, cone sheets and sills.
When limestone or other precipitate forms in a fault space, it is a sedimentary sheet intrusion.
A sheetintrusion, or tabular intrusion, is a planar sheet of roughly the same thickness, that forms inside a pre-existing rock. When it cuts into another...
In geology, an igneous intrusion (or intrusive body or simply intrusion) is a body of intrusive igneous rock that forms by crystallization of magma slowly...
laccolith forms after an initial sheet-like intrusion has been injected between layers of sedimentary rock. If the intrusion remains limited in size, it forms...
and rhyolitic intrusions. These include the cryptodome islets of Motu Nui and Motu Iti, the islet of Motu Kao Kao, the sheetintrusion of Te Kari Kari...
mark retaining water within a dock Sill (geology), a subhorizontal sheetintrusion of molten or solidified magma Sill (geostatistics) Sill (river), a...
horizontal in shape. At this stage, sheetintrusion is a more favourable mechanism of emplacement because the margins of the sheet cool faster, which creates shear...
A cone sheet is a type of high-level igneous intrusion of subvolcanic rock, found in partly eroded central volcanic complexes. Cone sheets are relatively...
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heat flux. The feature is often seen in dikes or sills, and especially in sheeted dike complexes, where multiple chilled margins are a distinctive feature...
A sheeted dyke complex, or sheeted dike complex, is a series of sub-parallel intrusions of igneous rock, forming a layer within the oceanic crust. At...
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around the edge of the chamber. Ring fractures serve as feeders for fault intrusions which are also known as ring dikes.: 86–89 Secondary volcanic vents may...
most areas where there are significant granitic intrusions. The occur in the form of intrusive sheets, both within the associated granitic bodies and...
The Antarctic ice sheet is a continental glacier covering 98% of the Antarctic continent, with an area of 14 million square kilometres (5.4 million square...
pyroxene. dike A type of sheetintrusion referring to any geologic body that cuts discordantly across. A form of minor intrusion injected into the crust...
In ecology, sulfide intrusion refers to an excess of sulfide molecules (S2-) in the soil that interfere with plant growth, often seagrass. Seagrass bed...
Ceará-Mirim dyke swarm SheetintrusionSheeted dyke complex Sill swarm Re. Iceland see eg.: A. Gudmundsson: Emplacement and arrest of sheets and dykes in central...
and rhyolitic intrusions. These include the cryptodome islets of Motu Nui and Motu Iti, the islet of Motu Kao Kao, the sheetintrusion of Te Kari Kari...
/ -78.73417; -133.27806 The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is the segment of the continental ice sheet that covers West Antarctica, the portion of Antarctica...
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related...
units, formed when magma intrudes into a crack then crystallizes as a sheetintrusion, are exposed by deep erosion. Perkin's Pillar, a vertical tower of...
The Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) is the largest layered igneous intrusion within the Earth's crust. It has been tilted and eroded forming the outcrops...
beneath flood basalts, such as the Palisades Sill of New Jersey, US. The sheetintrusions (dikes and sills) beneath flood basalts are typically diabase that...
(slang), a slang word meaning "lesbian" Dike (geology), a subvertical sheet-like intrusion of magma or sediment Dike (mythology), Dikē, the Greek goddess of...
of the three major ice-drainage basins of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The ice sheet that drains into the Amundsen Sea averages about 3 km (1.9 mi) in...
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