Igneous Rock Bodies (Intrusive)

Dike, Volcanic Neck
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This picture from Shiprock, New Mexico, shows the remains of a volcano at the right, and a weathered out igneous dike (vertical) at the left.


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A very small dike visible in a pebble.

 

batholith
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A view of the Sierra Nevada batholith, Yosemite National Park.  This is actually not a single intrusive body, but rather a composite that consists of over 100 successively intruded bodies.

 

sill
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The dark layer in the upper half of the picture is an igneous sill (basaltic in composition) that was injected between layers of sediment.