What is difference between Batholith and Laccolith?
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BATHOLITH :
It is a large mass of igneous rocks mainly composed of Granite covering about 100 sq Km area. Its floor is not visible.
LACCOLITH :
It is a dome like mass of igneous rock which arches the overlying sediment and has more or less flat floor.
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A laccolith is an igneous intrusion (or concordant pluton) that has been injected between two layers of sedimentary rock. ... A batholith is a large emplacement of igneous intrusive rock that forms from cooled magma deep in the Earth's crust
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