10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LACCOLITH»
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Physical Geology of High-level Magmatic Systems
The northern indentation of the laccolith is an area of updomed sediments of the
Meisenheim- Formation and is penetrated by a few thick dykes of the same dacite
as forming the laccolith. Thus, this area is assumed to be underlain by a deeper ...
Christoph Breitkreuz, Nick Petford, 2004
... of Calamity Gulch and the low, rounded dome of Ragged Top Mountain, a
laccolith of phonolite intruded at the base of the Carboniferous formation, and
now exposed above the surrounding country by the erosion of the uplifted
covering.
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1904
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Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America: ...
LOCATION AND ACCESS The Shonkin Sag laccolith is on the northeast flank of
the Highwood Mountains in Sec. 22-27,T.2 lN.,R.11 E., in Choteau County,
Montana. The laccolith lies entirely within the Geraldine, Montana, 1:24,000 ...
4
Geology of the Solitario,Trans-Pecos Texas
The formation of such a large, symmetric laccolith appears to require an unusual
set of geologic conditions. Among these conditions are a near lithostatic state of
stress, that is 01 = 01 and 02 '—~ 03; and a source for the large volume of ...
Charles E. Corry, Eugene Herrin, Fred W. McDowell, 1990
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Geological Survey professional paper
The floor of the laccolith is nowhere clearly exposed. Along the west valley wall of
North Creek, however, the floor, near its proximal end, appears to overlie the
Dakota and Burro Canyon, and then transgress upward onto basal Mancos
Shale ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), Geological Survey (U.S.). Geographic Names Information Management, 1987
6
Laccoliths: Mechanics of Emplacement and Growth
The pluton is 32 km long by about 7 km wide and has the approximate form of a
laccolith, both from the gravity study and structural relationships. The composition
of the pluton is transitional between the rustic and ultramafic intrusives reported ...
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Laccolith (Igneous Intrusion)
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Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
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Hiking the Southwest's Geology: Four Corners Region
These remote mountains were made famous by the work of pioneering geologist
G.K. Gilbert, who in 1877 proposed that they were not volcanic but formed by the
erosion of a special type of igneous intrusion that he called a laccolith Although ...
9
The Fourth Hutton Symposium on the Origin of Granites and ...
... to a detailed study that combines magnetic fabric measurements and gravity
modelling of its shape at depth. This laccolith, less than 1 km in thickness over %
60% of its outerop area, appears to be fed from its northern area, through narrow
...
Bernard Barbarin, W. E. Stephens, 2001
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Structural Geology of the Colorado Plateau Region of ...
Mount Hillers, Mount Pennell. and Mount Ellen), each marked by a laccolith that
domed Mesozoic strata in the Miocene. The centers are highly resistant to
erosion, creating individual discrete domical mountains. Mount Ellsworth and
Mount ...
George Herbert Davis, 1999
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LACCOLITH»
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Holographs are about to change our world
Sally Weber, Laccolith, 2006 Open Aperture Transmission Hologram; source The Center for the Holographic Arts. Still thriving is the non-profit ... «ArtsHub, Apr 15»
At Montana's Big Sky Resort, limitless vistas and rural charm
Rising above them all is Lone Peak, a geologic marvel known as a Christmas tree laccolith for its pyramidal shape. A gem in the Northern ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»
From Werner Herzog to Pompeii: the difficulties of capturing …
It was perfectly fitting that the mysterious aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind homed in on the ghostly laccolith of Devil's Tower in ... «New Statesman, Dec 14»
Mt. Asgard looks like the actual home of the Viking gods
Could be something like a laccolith, or an igneous (...volcanic) intrusion into sedimentary rock. The sedimentary rock gets weathered away, and ... «Gizmodo, Nov 14»
Explore: Enjoying wildlands as Wilderness Act turns 50
One section of that is Pine Valley Mountain, which is of great geologic significance in that it is the largest laccolith, or intrusive body that has ... «Dixie Press Online, Apr 14»
Marc Deshowitz Explains Geology of Silver Reef
A large mushroom-shaped dome of magma, called a laccolith, formed the Pine Valley Mountains of Utah, eventually forcing silver, in a chloride ... «Mesquite Citizen Journal, Mar 14»
Daft Punk may have concert plans, and they may involve lasers and …
The plan involved projecting laser beams onto Devil's Tower, a tower of stone (or laccolith) in the Black Hills of Wyoming. The National Park ... «Music Times, Feb 14»
Largest earthquake centered in Taipei in the past 26 years
"Some cracks were generated due to the contraction from the cooling process, and the laccolith that caused the earthquake collapsed." "If there ... «China Post, Feb 14»
The Best Places in Wyoming for Job Seekers
The county seat is Sundance, and the county is home to the Devils Tower, a laccolith near Hulett. The county saw a working-age population ... «NerdWallet, Dec 13»
Dakota Territory Resource Corp Increases Black Hills Property …
The rhyolite is in the form of a sill/laccolith 50 to 500 feet thick that overlies the basal quartz pebble conglomerate units of Deadwood formation, ... «GlobeNewswire, Jan 13»
