Sheet intrusion
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sheet-intrusion-249-10920403
title:
Sheet intrusion
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A sheet intrusion, or tabular intrusion, is a planar sheet of roughly the same thickness, that forms inside a pre-existing rock. When it cuts into another unlayered mass, or across layers, it is called a dike. When it is formed between layers in a layered rock mass, it is called a sill. An igneous sheet intrusion is formed where a mass of molten magma takes advantage of a pre-existing linear feature in a host rock, such as a long rupture or fault, and forces its way into these spaces. Thus the m
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Geologic process and formation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheet_intrusion
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2023-07-27T14:06:24Z
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