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When crustal rock is uplifted by the intrusion of an igneous mass?
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a dome mountain is formed
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Crustal rock is uplifted by the intrusion of an igneous mass?
a dome mountain is formed
When crustal rock is uplifted by the intrusion of an mass?
a dome mountain is formed
What kind of rock is an intrusion made of?
An intrusion is a mass of igneous rock that forms when melted rock moves into cracks in rock layers and then cools.
When there is an igneous intrusion and a fault line which one is younger?
That depends! If the fault line cross cuts the igneous intrusion causing the intrusion to be displaced on either side of the fault and forming a broken mass of rock within the intrusion known as a fault breccia then the fault is younger than the intrusions, as the intrusion must have already existed for the fault to cause it's displacement. If on the other hand the igneous intrusion cross cuts the fault and is un-deformed then it is probable that it is younger than the fault.
What is the difference between an intusion and a fault?
A fault is a crack in an mass of rock or soil along which there has been a displacement, shifting or movement of the rock or soil on each side of the crack. An intrusion is a mass of igneous rock formed when molten rock (magma) squeezes or melts into preexisting rocks and crystallizes. ex: sills and dyke's
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.
Are there only two large crustal plates that divide the earth's land mass?
yes
What is the lanform that forms when a mass of hardened magma is uplifted causing the layers of rock to bend upward?
A Dome Mountain
What results when rocks come in contact with molten rocks such as those in an igneous intrustion?
If sedimentary rock becomes intruded by a mass of magma in an igneous intrusion, it will turn into a metamorphic rock. The change takes place because of great pressure and intense heat.
Dome-like mass of instrusive igneous rock?
laccolith
Dome -like mass of intrusive igneous rock?
Batholith
What are the two elements that make up 75 percent of the total mass of the crustal rocks of the earth?
Oxygen and silicon.
