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batholith
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Batholith
A
batholith
(from Greek
bathos
, depth +
lithos
, rock) is a large emplacement of
igneous
intrusive
(also called plutonic) rock that forms from cooled
magma
deep in the Earth's
crust
. Batholiths are almost always made mostly of
felsic
or
intermediate
rock-types, such as
granite
,
quartz monzonite
, or
diorite
(see also
granite dome
).
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