A. a dike.
B. a sill.
C. a batholith.
D. a stock.
2006-09-11 05:28:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
b a sill
2006-09-11 05:41:45 · answer #1 · answered by thesunnshynne 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
B. A sill.
The way to remember the difference between a dike and a sill (because both are from magma squeezing into cracks and then hardening) is that if you take away the rock around it, a sill is horizontal, like a window sill whereas a dike is a vertical wall the way a dike is for holding back water.
2006-09-13 10:08:50 · answer #2 · answered by lucky-dog 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The molten, pressurized magma intrudes into the solid volcanic rock to create dikes and sills. Dikes cut across volcanic rock layers, and sills run parallel to the layers. Eventually the magma hardens inside Earth and becomes an intrusive igneous rock.
2006-09-11 07:02:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Hardened Magma
2006-09-11 05:31:36 · answer #4 · answered by David G 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
It is a sill. As pointed out dikes cut through layers and sill's are parallel.
2006-09-11 07:18:44 · answer #5 · answered by JimZ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
sill
2015-02-21 12:44:37 · answer #6 · answered by Kitty Kong 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C... also known as intrusive or plutonic
2006-09-11 05:40:03 · answer #7 · answered by MadMaxx 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
A
2006-09-11 06:56:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋