lopolith [ˈlɒpəlɪθ]
n
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a saucer- or lens-shaped body of intrusive igneous rock, formed by the penetration of magma between the beds or layers of existing rock and subsequent subsidence beneath the intrusion Compare laccolith
[from Greek lopas dish + -lith]
lopolith (l p  -l th) A large, bowl-shaped body of igneous rock intruded between layers of sedimentary rock. Lopoliths are usually connected to a dike and are typically tens of kilometers thick and hundreds of kilometers wide. |
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