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Meanings of batholith in английском

испанский
plutón

Large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.

        plutón
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        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).
        Wired
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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?
        Wired
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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.
        The Guardian
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        PLUTON, Pluto, god of the nether world, the abode of the dead.
        French Lyrics
        5
        The Pluton also was disabled, and headed for the shore.
        Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom
        1
        "Pardon me," interrupted King Richard, "but Mr. Versál has already spoken of a 'batholite.'
        The Second Deluge
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        "And pray explain to me what is a batholite?"
        The Second Deluge
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        "It's the batholite," responded Cosmo, using exactly the same phrase that Professor Pludder had employed some months before.
        The Second Deluge
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        Plutonic rocks, separation of constituent parts of, by gravity.
        Volcanic Islands
        2
        Apparent non-separation of the elements of plutonic rocks.
        Volcanic Islands
        3
        I walked over the mountain, and quickly lost the marl in masses of plutonic rocks that had been upheaved and entirely occupied the surface.
        Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879
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        -Excavationand reduction of the ore.-Extractionof the gold.- "Mantos".-Originof mineral veins: their connection with intrusions of Plutonic rocks.
        The Naturalist in Nicaragua
        Usage of batholith in английском
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        Up past pillars of batholith is the path he has made, and abutting it tarpaulin bivouacs.
        Iron Council
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        We climbed and circled the hoary igneous batholith like it was David's Jerusalem or the very Ka'bah.
        The Guardian
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        Info Part of the Boulder Batholith where you will also find excellent bouldering.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
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        The spires are part of the Golden Horn Batholith, notable for its multiple types of granite.
        Climbing Magazine
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for batholith
        испанский
        plutónbatolito
        Batholith through the time