intrusive
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Deposits formed at shallow depths are related to extrusive rocks and to intrusives near the surface.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
A zonal arrangement of minerals about intrusives is often noted.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
The Housatonic, however, instead of choosing the broad lowland in the limestone formation, spread invitingly before it, turns aside and flows through a narrow gorge cut in resistant gneiss, schist, and igneous intrusives.
From Drainage Modifications and Glaciation in the Danbury Region Connecticut State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 30 by Sawyer-Harvey, Ruth
These are called effusives or extrusives, or lavas or volcanics, to distinguish them from intrusives formed below the surface.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
Some of the graphite also occurs in pegmatite intrusives and adjacent wall rocks.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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