Difference between revisions of "Intrusive rock"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(username removed) |
(username removed) |
(No difference)
|
Revision as of 11:41, 27 April 2013
Description
Igneous rocks which have invaded a pre-existing rock. Intrusive rocks are formed by magma that has solidified beneath the surface of the Earth.
Synonyms and Related Terms
plutonic; roche intrusive (Fr.); rocha intrusiva (Port.)
Authority
- Submitted information, Submitted information Comment: Jos Delgado Rodrigues, LNEC, 2009.
- G.S. Brady, G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971