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What is the slab that forms when magma forces itself across rock layers?
The slab that forms when magma forces itself across rock layers is called a dike.
Unlike other types of plutons a dike forms?
A dike forms when magma is injected into a crack in the rock and solidifies underground. It is characterized by a tabular shape that cuts across existing rock layers. Dikes are typically composed of igneous rock, such as basalt or granite.
How is it that crosscutting feature is always younger than the rock layers in cuts across?
A crosscutting feature is always younger than the rock layers it cuts through because the feature always forms after the rock layers have been formed, making the rock layers older.
Which type of intrusive feature forms when when magma is injected into fractures cutting across rock layers?
sill
Slab that forms when magma forces itself across rock layers?
The slab of volcanic rock that is formed when magma forces itself across rock layers is called a dike. This will eventually build into mountains.
What type of rock forms in layers?
That would be sedimentary rock, and (honorable mention) occasionally metamorphic rock.
How is it that crosscuting feature is always younger than the rock layer it cuts across?
A crosscutting feature is always younger than the rock layers it cuts through because the feature always forms after the rock layers have been formed, making the rock layers older.
How do rock layers forms?
I have no clue
What is the word for the slab of rock that forms when magma forces itself across rock layers?
If the magma forces itself along a plane that is parallel to the bedding or foliation planes of the rock strata then (in other words it squeezes between two existing layers) it is a sill. If however it cuts across the bedding or foliation planes it is a dyke. For more information, please see the related links.
What type of rock forms from layers of sediment?
Sedimentary rock.
What kind of rock forms in layers?
sedimentary
What is the feature that is formed when lava cuts across rock layers and hardens?
Lava that cuts across rock layers hardens to form a feature called a Dike.
