Laccolith
- Noun
A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.
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Laccolith
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Kunětice Mountain
, above which it rises 82 meters (305 m above sea level). Geologically, the mountain is a laccolith
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Abajo Mountains
west of the greater ranges of the Rocky Mountains. The laccolith ranges are much younger and have a very different geologic origin.
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Bear Butte is a geological laccolith feature located near Sturgis, South Dakota, United States
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Breidden Hill
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Karancs
of the , while in Slovakia it is included in the Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area. Karancs is a laccolith formed through volcanic activity in the Miocene.
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Carbon Peak
. The peak is southwest of Crested Butte in the Gunnison National Forest. Carbon peak is a laccolith
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Needle Rock Natural Area
when magma intruded between existing sedimentary rocks as the crown of a buried laccolith or possibly
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Ben Crom
area on the south west of the mountain shows where the Eocene aplitic granite meets the laccolith top