Plutonism
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title:
Plutonism
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Plutonism is the geologic theory that the igneous rocks forming the Earth originated from intrusive magmatic activity, with a continuing gradual process of weathering and erosion wearing away rocks, which were then deposited on the sea bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock by heat and pressure, and raised again. It proposes that basalt is solidified molten magma. The theory lead to plutonic (intrinsic) rock classification, which includes intrinsic igneous rocks such as gabbro, diorite,
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Geological theory that Earth's igneous rocks formed by solidification of molten material
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonism
date created:
2005-10-29T15:08:09Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T09:35:28Z
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