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These extrusive rocks are formed from magma at or above the surface of the planet, and generally display smaller mineral crystals, or no crystals at all, because of the rapid cooling environment in which they form. Chemically, an intrusive and extrusive rock could be identical, the only difference being the size of the mineral crystals they contain

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How old is the palisade Sill?

The Palisade sill was formed at the end of the Triassic period. Scientists are still debating how it was formed, but it appears to have been made by a single huge lava flow that occurred as the monster continent of Pangea broke up.


What are some major elements found in volcanoes?

The different components of a volcano include the vent, crater, conduit, ash, lava, magma reservoirs, and sill. Other components may include parasitic cones, lava flows, and ash clouds.


Is sill a type of lava flow?

A Sill is formed when a fluid rock (usually magma but it can be mud or salt) is squeezed in between the layers (usually horizontal) of older rocks before it solidifies in place. A Dike or Dyke is the opposite, here the fluid rock penetrates across the layering of the older rocks. Logically to get the material to form a Sill there must be an accompanying feeder Dyke.


What are dikes laccoliths sills and lava plateau?

The first 3 are types of igneous intrusion. A Sill is magma inserted between bedding planes in a horizontal manner. A Laccolith is like a Sill but is lense shaped and domes up the overlying sediments where it is thickest (the lower boundary remains flat). A Dike is magma intruded vertically across bedding planes. A lava plateau is different as that forms where lava breaks through to the Earth's surface and floods over it horizontally, forming a large, flat area of land created by lava filling in all the valleys and other depressions.


What are five parts of a volcano?

There tends to be five main parts that make up a volcano. They include the magma chamber, the main vent, lava, the crater, and the pyroclastic flow , which is fast moving flow of hot gas and rock.

Related Questions

Where is Set-tainte of the Kiowa buried?

Fort Sill, Oklahoma.


Where is the burial site of Geronimo?

Geronimo is buried at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.


How old is the palisade Sill?

The Palisade sill was formed at the end of the Triassic period. Scientists are still debating how it was formed, but it appears to have been made by a single huge lava flow that occurred as the monster continent of Pangea broke up.


Slab that forms when magma squeezes between layer of rock?

A Sill is formed


What are some major elements found in volcanoes?

The different components of a volcano include the vent, crater, conduit, ash, lava, magma reservoirs, and sill. Other components may include parasitic cones, lava flows, and ash clouds.


Is sill a type of lava flow?

A Sill is formed when a fluid rock (usually magma but it can be mud or salt) is squeezed in between the layers (usually horizontal) of older rocks before it solidifies in place. A Dike or Dyke is the opposite, here the fluid rock penetrates across the layering of the older rocks. Logically to get the material to form a Sill there must be an accompanying feeder Dyke.


What are some geology key terms?

dyke - verticall lava through a rock. sill - horizontall lava through a rock. pillow lavas - pillows sold in asda which support your gullable head as you sleep.


What forms when lava flows horizontally across a layer of rock?

When lava flows horizontally across a layer of rock, it can form a flat, expansive volcanic plateau known as a lava plateau or lava plain. This occurs when the lava spreads out and solidifies over a large area, creating a relatively flat surface with a thick layer of cooled lava.


Name one person buried at Chief's Knoll cemetery in Fort Sill OK?

Geronimo, the famous Native American leader and Apache warrior, is buried at Chief's Knoll cemetery in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Geronimo fought against the U.S. government's policies towards Native Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


What are dikes laccoliths sills and lava plateau?

The first 3 are types of igneous intrusion. A Sill is magma inserted between bedding planes in a horizontal manner. A Laccolith is like a Sill but is lense shaped and domes up the overlying sediments where it is thickest (the lower boundary remains flat). A Dike is magma intruded vertically across bedding planes. A lava plateau is different as that forms where lava breaks through to the Earth's surface and floods over it horizontally, forming a large, flat area of land created by lava filling in all the valleys and other depressions.


What is the birth name of Judee Sill?

Judee Sill's birth name is Judith Lynn Sill.


How would igneous rock be on a layer of sedimentary rock?

The igneous rock could have been erupted as lava on the surface, or intruded into the sedimentary rock layers as magma underneath the surface (a sill).