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What happens when magma flows in a horizontal direction along rock layers?

The magma forms sills and magma chambers.


This forms when magma flows in a horizontal direction along rock layers?

A dike is formed when magma intrudes and solidifies in a vertical or near-vertical orientation within pre-existing rock layers. Lava flows, on the other hand, occur when magma erupts onto the surface and flows horizontally along the ground.


When magma squeezes between horizontal lines it forms?

if it squeezes into a fault, its a dike, if it squeezes between horizontal layers, its a sill


Does A dome mountain forms when rising magma is blocked by horizontal layers of rocktrue or false?

false


What is Magma hardened in a horizontal crack?

Magma that hardens in a horizontal crack typically forms a thin, sheet-like intrusion called a sill. Sills are created when magma is injected parallel to the existing rock layers. As the magma cools and solidifies, it forms a horizontal layer of igneous rock within the crack.


What may happen to magma that does not reach earth surface?

It dries then if other magma goes in the same direction as the old magma it sometimes reheats it then it flows toward the surface


Formed when magma is squeezed into horizontal crack between layers of rock and hardens undergroud?

It forms a sill.


Is gabbro made from lava or magma?

Gabbro is an igneous rock that forms from the slow cooling and crystallization of magma beneath the Earth's surface. While lava is molten rock that flows on the Earth's surface, gabbro forms from magma that solidifies underground.


When lava flows and cools on Earth's surface it forms what kind of rock?

Igneous rock is formed through the cooling and solidificatio of magma or lava.


Magma may flow or it can?

Magma always flows.


What forms when magma is released through long open cracks?

When magma is released through long open cracks, it forms a type of volcanic feature called fissures. Fissures allow magma to reach the Earth's surface without creating a single volcanic vent, often resulting in extensive lava flows.


Is the pipe of a volcano is a horizontal crack in the crust?

No, actually the volcanic pipe is horizontal.