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What are four of intrusive rock bodies?

Igneous,sedimentry and metamorphic


Five intrusive igneous rock structures?

Dikes: Tabular, discordant intrusive igneous bodies that cut across existing rock layers. Sills: Tabular, concordant intrusive igneous bodies that form parallel to existing rock layers. Laccoliths: Intrusive igneous bodies that are lens-shaped and have uplifted the overlying rock layers. Batholiths: Large intrusive igneous bodies that cover at least 100 square kilometers. Stocks: Small intrusive igneous bodies that are less than 100 square kilometers in size.


What intrusive bodies have broken blocks of the intruded rock sunk?

Batholiths, laccoliths, and diapirs are intrusive bodies that can break blocks of the intruded rock and cause them to sink due to their size and pressure exerted during the emplacement process. These intrusive bodies have the ability to deform and displace the surrounding rock formations, leading to the sinking of blocks within the intruded rock.


What are the four basic types of plutons?

The four basic types of plutons are batholiths, stocks, dikes, and sills. Batholiths are large masses of intrusive igneous rock that form deep underground, while stocks are smaller intrusions. Dikes are tabular bodies of igneous rock that cut across existing rock layers, and sills are tabular bodies that intrude between existing rock layers.


What three characteristics are used to classify intrusive bodies?

size, shape, and relationship to the surrounding rock layers


What is the name of the largest type of rock?

The largest individual rock bodies are probably plutons, masses of intrusive igneous rock which may be many miles in diameter.


Is granite an intrusive rock?

Granite is an intrusive igneous rock.


What is the texture of an intrusive rock?

It is a coarse grained rock if its intrusive.


What is the texture of intrusive rock?

It is a coarse grained rock if its intrusive.


What is igneous rock formed from magma below Earth's surface is called?

It is called an intrusive igneous rock.


What are minerals that form in intrusive rock?

I dont know but an intrusive rock is a type of igneos rock


What is an intrusive body?

Stock Batholith