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Intrusivkörper m

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Intrusivkörper m, Stock m, Intrusionskörper ● stock, igneous intrusion, mass of intrusive rock [A large, roughly cylindrical mass of intrusive porphyritic or granitoid rock in the midst of an older wall It does not necessarily stand in relief, but otherwise resembles a boss. The name “stock” is the German word for floor or stor(e)y in a house, and was applied to masses of igneous rock of cylindrical shape, because certain granite bodies of rounded outline, containing disseminated cassiterite, were formerly mined in horizontal slices or floors. Finally the mass of rock itself came to be called a stock] …
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Title
Intrusivkörper m
Copyright Year
2016
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33335-4_90518