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What is difference between Batholith and Laccolith?​

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Answered by Anonymous
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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.

Answered by ronitvyas
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Answer:

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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