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Q: When batholith touches surrounding rock it does what?
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What kind of rock is a batholith?

A batholith is not necessarily in a volcano, but it is definitely involved with them. When a large body of magma cools inside the Earth's crust, creating a bed of volcanic rock, this is called a batholith. This can be a magma chamber or otherwise.


What is a batholite?

A batholite is another term for a batholith - a large irregular mass of intrusive igneous rock which has melted or forced itself into surrounding strata.


What igneous rock is an example of batholith?

An intrusive igneous rock.


Which of the following is an intrusive ingenues rock?

Batholith


What is batholith is an example of?

An intrusive igneous rock.


Is A vertical wall of intrusive rock a batholith.?

false


What is the largest instrusive igenous rock body?

batholith


Vertical wall of intrusive rock is a batholith?

false


Which type of rock would you expect to form as the result of an explosion?

Batholith rock.


What is the largest of all igneous intrusions?

The largest of all igneous intrusions is called a batholith. Batholiths are formed by the massive invasion of hot magma into country rock.


What is a mass of rock formed when a large body of magma cools inside the Earth?

intrusive features


Dome -like mass of intrusive igneous rock?

Batholith