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Section 10-4 Igneous rock features. Batholith Large intrusive rock body Hundreds kilometers wide Magma cools underground Old magma chamber.

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1 Section 10-4 Igneous rock features

2 Batholith Large intrusive rock body Hundreds kilometers wide Magma cools underground Old magma chamber

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5 laccolith Laccoliths are somewhat large intrusions that result in uplift and folding of the preexisting rocks above the intrusion. They are also concordant types of intrusions.

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8 Dike – Vertical intrusion that cuts across rock layers

9 Shiprock volcanic neck and dike, symbols of New Mexico geology, west of Farmington, NM.

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11 sill Sill Horizontal intrusion of magma between vertical layers or cracks

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13 Volcanic neck Volcanic neck – Hardened magma inside of the vent Volcanic cone is eroded away leaving the neck exposed

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19 caldera Top/crater of volcano collapses in on itself leaving a larger crater. Caldera lake – Sometimes the crater fills in with water creating a lake

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