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What is lava cuts through rock layers and then hardens to form a feature called?
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Lava that cuts across rock layers hardens to form a disk.
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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.
Does a dike form when magma forces itself between rock layers and hardens?
No, when magma forces itself BETWEEN rock layers it is called a sill. When the magma cuts THROUGH rock layers it is called a dike.
Why does gravity cause layers of sediment to be horizontal?
As more sediment is added, it is compressed and hardens into rock layers.
When magma is forced up in to layers of rocks and hardens layers?
its acutally a dike trust me
Which igneous feature is formed when magma is forced into layers parallel to the surrounding rock layers?
A sill.
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.
Lava that cuts across rock layers hardens to form a feature called?
it is a sill
What feature is formed when lava cuts across rock layers and hardens?
A dike
What type of feature can form when magma hardens horizontal layers of rock?
Sill (D)
What type of feature can form when magma hardens between horizontal layers of rock?
Sill (D)
Does a dike form when magma forces itself between rock layers and hardens?
No, when magma forces itself BETWEEN rock layers it is called a sill. When the magma cuts THROUGH rock layers it is called a dike.
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.
What are rock layers?
When dirt gets into layers and then it hardens and becomes hard like a rock.
What is a dike in volcano?
A body of magma that cuts through (and across) adjacent rock. Similar to a secondary vent but it does not strike through the surface. It then hardens and forms rock. It is always younger than the rocks which surround it.
Magama that hardens between layers of rock?
a still is formed
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.
Magma that hardens vertically underneath the surface will form a sill?
No. A sill forms when magma hardens parallel to the rock layers, which is usually horizontal. When magam hardens vertically, it forms a dike.
