Sentences with laccolith
lac·co·lith
L l - Geologists call it a laccolith, a volcanic bulge that never erupted, as if still storing its power within.
- The larger area below the laccolith could cover an area as large as several states.
- Nearby Lime Butte, Gypsum Butte, and Green Mountain are all laccoliths with varying degrees of exposure.
- The three laccoliths in this famous group were not all created at the same time.
- Based on the position of the dikes, where was the source of the magma for the laccoliths located?
- This age is essentially identical with the rhyodacite laccoliths in the Grosvenor Hills intrusion which are also reversely polarized.