Which type of intrusive feature forms when magma is injected into fractures cutting across rock layers? a. a laccolith b. a dike c. a lava plateau d. a sill

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Milch · Answer 1 · 2017-02-08T14:34:33+0000

The answer is Dike.
In Geology, Dike is a sheet of rock formed in a fracture in a pre-existing rock body. Magmatic dikes are formed when magma intrudes into a crack then crystallize. It is an igneous body with a very high aspect ratio.

Which type of intrusive feature forms when magma is injected into fractures cutting across rock layers? a. a laccolith b. a dike c. a lava plateau d. a sill

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