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Explain in brief about Dykes?

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Answered by padmshri548

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A dyke is a thick wall that is built to stop water flooding onto very low-lying land from a river or from the sea. Synonyms: wall, barrier, dam, enclosure More

Answered by XxmstypicalxX

Dykes are igneous rocks that intrude vertically while sills are the same type of rocks that cuts horizontally in another land or rock form. They are also slimmer, younger and wider than their surrounding rocks or plates.

Compositions of dyke rocks vary from ultrabasic to acidic, and common types are dolerite, lamprophyre, microgabbro, microdiorite, granophyre, aplite, and felsite

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