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Is a sheetlike body that is produced when magma is injected into a fracture that cuts across rock layers?

laccolth (WRONG ANSWER) it's not batholith ethier. I may be wrong, but i think perhaps sill.


What sheetlike intrusions that cut across previous rock units?

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What is percutaneous skeletal fixation?

Treatment of a fracture by placing fixation devices such as pins across the fracture site, usually under x-ray imaging.


What is a fracture zone in term of continental drift theory?

A fracture zone is a group of "cracks" in the ocean floor that cut across a rift. For example, if you look at a picture of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, you'll see that there are hundreds of smaller fractures in the earth's crust that cut across the ridge. There's a great picture of the Mid-Atlantic Fracture Zone at the link below.


What are the meanings of terms differ folding and fault?

Differ means be unlike or dissimilar or disagree. In chemistry, folding is the process by which a molecule assumes its shape or conformation. In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement along the fractures as a result of earth movemen