Batholith is the name for a huge igneous intrusion.
To determine whether the fault occurred before or after the igneous intrusion, geologists typically analyze the relationships between the rock layers and the intrusion. If the fault cuts through the igneous rock, it indicates that the fault occurred after the intrusion. Conversely, if the intrusion is found within the fault zone or is displaced by the fault, it suggests that the fault predates the igneous intrusion.
A layered intrusion is a large sill-like body of igneous rock which exhibits vertical layering or differences in composition and texture.
Mount Rushmore is a granite batholith, which is a large and deep-seated igneous intrusion that forms beneath the Earth's surface. It is composed of granitic rock, specifically a type called Harney Peak granite.
Intrusive is a term that applies to igneous rocks that form from magma underground such as granite.
Cross cutting relationships define rock formations in geology. When magma enters cracks and crevices in existing rocks and cools it forms what is called an igneous intrusion. The principal of cross cutting relationships means that the igneous intrusion is always younger than the rock it cuts across.
The minerals had longer to form from the hot magma than did the minerals in the small intrusion, which would have cooled much faster.
An igneous intrusion.
batholith
When magma below the earth's surface penetrates the crust but does not break the surface, it is called an igneous intrusion.
Intrusive Igneous rocks
Stock Batholith
A layered intrusion is a large sill-like body of igneous rock which exhibits vertical layering or differences in composition and texture.
"layering" As in "layered" igneous intrusion.
It's called a concordant igneous intrusion, or a sill.
Mount Rushmore is a granite batholith, which is a large and deep-seated igneous intrusion that forms beneath the Earth's surface. It is composed of granitic rock, specifically a type called Harney Peak granite.
Basically, igneous intrusion involves the solidifying of magma when it cools in the crust of the Earth. When magma rises through the crust, it intrudes into the existing sedimentary rock layers and forms a hill. The surounding rock may be more prone to erosion and wear away leaving the intrusion jutting above the (eroded) surroundings.
If it is above it, the rock layer came after the intrusion. if the intrusion went through the rock layer is older because they layer had to be there in order for the intrusion to go through.