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Meanings of batholite in English
Spanish
plutón Large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.
Synonyms
Examples for "pluton"
Examples for "pluton"
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UPDATE: Ron found a paper discussing a ~1 million year-old exhumed pluton in Japan (see full citation in comments below).
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This made me wonder... just how quickly can a zircon go from crystallization in an arc pluton to being a grain of sediment?
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An hour west is the 6m-year-old Enchanted Rock, a massive, pale-pink granite pluton dome with peaks jutting out from a sandy valley of mesquite trees.
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PLUTON, Pluto, god of the nether world, the abode of the dead.
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The Pluton also was disabled, and headed for the shore.
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Up past pillars of batholith is the path he has made, and abutting it tarpaulin bivouacs.
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We climbed and circled the hoary igneous batholith like it was David's Jerusalem or the very Ka'bah.
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Info Part of the Boulder Batholith where you will also find excellent bouldering.
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The spires are part of the Golden Horn Batholith, notable for its multiple types of granite.
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Plutonic rocks, separation of constituent parts of, by gravity.
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Apparent non-separation of the elements of plutonic rocks.
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I walked over the mountain, and quickly lost the marl in masses of plutonic rocks that had been upheaved and entirely occupied the surface.
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-Excavationand reduction of the ore.-Extractionof the gold.- "Mantos".-Originof mineral veins: their connection with intrusions of Plutonic rocks.
Usage of batholite in English
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"Pardon me," interrupted King Richard, "but Mr. Versál has already spoken of a 'batholite.'
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"And pray explain to me what is a batholite?"
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"It's the batholite," responded Cosmo, using exactly the same phrase that Professor Pludder had employed some months before.