What is a Batholith?
a) A deep- seated ,dome shaped mass of igneous rock.
b) A dome shaped ,flat bottomed intrusive igneous rock.
c) A sheet of solidified magma.
d) A vertical mass of solidified magma.
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A batholith is a large mass of intrusive igneous rock, larger than 100 square kilometres in area, that forms from cooled magma deep in the Earth's crust. Batholiths are almost always made mostly of felsic or intermediate rock types, such as granite, quartz monzonite, or diorite.
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