A pluton in geology is a body of intrusive igneous rock (called a plutonic rock) that is crystallized from magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth. Plutons include batholiths, stocks, dikes, sills, laccoliths, lopoliths, and other igneous bodies. In practice, "pluton" usually refers to a distinctive mass of igneous rock, typically several kilometers in dimension, without a tabular shape like those of dikes and sills. Batholiths commonly are aggregations of plutons. Examples of plutons include Cardinal Peak and Mount Kinabalu.
The most common rock types in plutons are granite, granodiorite, tonalite, monzonite, and quartz diorite. Generally light colored, coarse-grained plutons of these compositions are referred to as granitoids.
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Dartmoor - Physical Geography - Geology
... The granite (or more accurately adamellite) was intruded at depth as a pluton into the surrounding sedimentary rocks during the Carboniferous period, probably about 309 million years ... It is generally accepted that the present surface is not far below the original top of the pluton evidence for this includes partly digested shale xenoliths, contamination of the ... gravity anomaly is associated with the Dartmoor pluton as with other such plutons ...
... The granite (or more accurately adamellite) was intruded at depth as a pluton into the surrounding sedimentary rocks during the Carboniferous period, probably about 309 million years ... It is generally accepted that the present surface is not far below the original top of the pluton evidence for this includes partly digested shale xenoliths, contamination of the ... gravity anomaly is associated with the Dartmoor pluton as with other such plutons ...
Cardigan Pluton
... The Cardigan Pluton is the most voluminous pluton in the state of New Hampshire, USA ... of magmatism was during the Acadian orogeny, and the pluton is part of the Kinsman suite of the New Hampshire Plutonic Series ... The pluton is approximately 20 km wide by 90 km long and on average about 2.5 km thick ...
... The Cardigan Pluton is the most voluminous pluton in the state of New Hampshire, USA ... of magmatism was during the Acadian orogeny, and the pluton is part of the Kinsman suite of the New Hampshire Plutonic Series ... The pluton is approximately 20 km wide by 90 km long and on average about 2.5 km thick ...
Pluton (geology)
... A pluton in geology is a body of intrusive igneous rock (called a plutonic rock) that is crystallized from magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth ... Plutons include batholiths, stocks, dikes, sills, laccoliths, lopoliths, and other igneous bodies ... In practice, "pluton" usually refers to a distinctive mass of igneous rock, typically several kilometers in dimension, without a tabular shape like those of dikes and sills ...
... A pluton in geology is a body of intrusive igneous rock (called a plutonic rock) that is crystallized from magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth ... Plutons include batholiths, stocks, dikes, sills, laccoliths, lopoliths, and other igneous bodies ... In practice, "pluton" usually refers to a distinctive mass of igneous rock, typically several kilometers in dimension, without a tabular shape like those of dikes and sills ...
French Ship Pluton (1778)
... ships of the same name, see French ship Pluton ... Pluton was a of Scipion class 74-gun French ship of the line built at Rochefort ...
... ships of the same name, see French ship Pluton ... Pluton was a of Scipion class 74-gun French ship of the line built at Rochefort ...
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