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batholithic

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bath·o·lith  (bth-lth)
n.
A large mass of igneous rock that has melted and intruded surrounding strata at great depths.
batho·lithic adj.
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Adj.1.batholithic - of or relating to a batholith
batholitic
geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
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Specific topics examined include thermal evolution and exhumation of deep-level batholithic exposures in Sierra Nevada, California; structural controls on middle Cretaceous sedimentation in the Toney Butte area of Ochoco basin, central Oregon; and geochronologic constraints across the Main Central Thrust shear zone in India.
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This interpretation fits extremely well with the general Blackburn geological picture of a series of apophyses intruding host rocks further suggesting that the intrusives are part of a large batholithic scale system which would be considered to be deep subvolcanic to batholithic level.
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