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BATHOLITH…, LOPOLITH…, SILL OR DIKE? – INTRUSIONS (2)

Posted by Granyia on 2017-07-06
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INTRUSIONS PART 2: INTRUSIVE ROCK FORMATIONS

Elephant Rock of the Weinsberger Granite (NE Lower Austria) is an outcrop of the South Bohemian Pluton (central Europe). This batholith is one of the largest intrusions within the Variscan (Hercynian) orogeny, with a surface of ~6000 km². The rounded "elephant" shape of the granite blocks is caused by spheroidal or woolsack weathering. (© Isiwal, via Wikipedia)

Elephant Rock (NE Lower Austria) is an outcrop of the South Bohemian Pluton (central Europe). This batholith is one of the largest intrusions within the Variscan (or Hercynian) orogeny, with a surface of ~6000 km². The rounded “elephant” shape of the granite blocks is caused by spheroidal or woolsack weathering. (© Isiwal, via Wikipedia)

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