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As magma pushes upward it may raise overlaying rock layers into what?
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When magma pushes upward it raises overlying rock layers into?
Domed mountains are mountains that are formed from magma pushing rock upwards. Folded mountains are mountains that are formed from two rock masses pushing against each other.
Which intrusive feature may start as a sill but as more magma builds it pushes upward like a lens?
Which intrusive feature may start as a sill but, as more magma builds, it pushes upward like a lens?
How does limestone turn into marble in the earth?
When limestone is under high pressure from overlaying rock layers and is heated by magma it can form marble.
Can density differences force magma upward into cooler layers on earths interior?
no
Can density differences force magma upward into cooler layers of earth's inerior?
yes
What is a Lacolith?
When magma flows between rock layers and spreads upward, it sometimes pushes the overlying rock layers into a dome. The base of the intrusion is parallel to the rock layer beneath it.
When magma pushes upward it raises overlying rock layers into?
Domed mountains are mountains that are formed from magma pushing rock upwards. Folded mountains are mountains that are formed from two rock masses pushing against each other.
When magma pushes sedimentary rock upward what happens?
It forms a dome.
Which intrusive feature may start as a sill but as more magma builds it pushes upward like a lens?
Which intrusive feature may start as a sill but, as more magma builds, it pushes upward like a lens?
How does limestone turn into marble in the earth?
When limestone is under high pressure from overlaying rock layers and is heated by magma it can form marble.
Can density differences force magma upward into cooler layers on earths interior?
no
Can density differences force magma upward into cooler layers of earth's inerior?
yes
What is a sill in a volcano?
A sill is an intrusive body of magma that pushes its way between layers of sediments.
How magma moves upward though a volcano and reaches the surface during an eruption?
The inside of the earth (Mantle) pushes the hot magma liquid and makes the magma move toward the surface.
What forms when magma pushes into vertical cracks and cuts through layers of rock.?
When magma pushes into vertical cracks and cuts through layers across, igneous rocks called dikes are formed. Dikes are one form of plutons. An intrusive dike would form.
Picture of volcano sill?
A sill is an intrusive body of magma that pushes its way between layers of sediments.
What is the landform that when a mass of hardened magma is uplifted causing the layers of rock to bend upward?
It is a lava plateau.
