A batholith (from Ancient Greek bathos 'depth' and lithos 'rock') is a large mass of intrusive igneous rock (also called plutonic rock), larger than 100 km2...

The Wyoming batholith is a granite batholith of Neoarchean origin 2,800 to 2,500 million years ago—which forms the eroded core of the Granite and Laramie...

The Sierra Nevada Batholith is a large batholith that is approximately 400 miles long and 60-80 miles wide which forms the core of the Sierra Nevada mountain...

The Idaho Batholith is a granitic and granodioritic batholith of Cretaceous-Paleogene age that covers approximately 25,000 square kilometres (9,700 sq mi)...

The Chilliwack Batholith is a large batholith that forms much of the North Cascades in southwestern British Columbia, Canada and the U.S. state of Washington...

Coastal Batholith may refer to: Coastal Batholith of Peru formed in the Mesozoic Coastal Batholith of central Chile formed in the Paleozoic This disambiguation...

The Boulder Batholith is a relatively small batholith in southwestern Montana, United States, exposed at the surface as granite (more specifically quartz...

Illescas Batholith is a geological complex located in Uruguay made up of various plutons including rapakivi granite and quartz syenite. The batholith is of...

Patagonian Batholith is a collective name for a three batholiths in western and southern Patagonia: North Patagonian Batholith South Patagonian Batholith Tierra...

The Colangüil Batholith is a group of plutons in western Argentina between the latitudes of 29 and 31° S. The plutons of the batholith were emplaced and...

The Cornubian batholith is a large mass of granite rock, formed about 280 million years ago, which lies beneath much of Cornwall and Devon in the south-western...

The Angara-Vitim batholith is group of plutons in the eastern Siberia, just east of Lake Baikal. The batholith formed in the Devonian–Early Carboniferous...

The Achala Batholith (Spanish: batolito de Achala) is a group of plutons in the Sierras de Córdoba in central Argentina. With a mapped surface of over...

Mexico; the Ardnamurchan intrusion in Scotland; and the Sierra Nevada Batholith of California. Because the solid country rock into which magma intrudes...

Kalba-Narym batholith or Kalba-Narym granitic batholith is group of plutons and intrusions in the northeastern half of Kazakhstan. The batholith formed in...

The Cordillera Blanca Batholith (Spanish: Batolito de la Cordillera Blanca) is an extensive group of individual plutons that crop out near or at Cordillera...

The Coastal Batholith of Peru (Spanish: Batolito costero peruano) is a group of hundreds, if not thousands, of individual plutons that crop out near or...

The Antioquia Batholith (Spanish: Batolito Antioqueño, Ksta, Kqd, K2ba) is a cluster of plutons located in and named after Antioquia, Colombia. The plutons...

recrystallization) in the batholith with that in the supracrustal wall rocks. Comparable mineral facies in the country rocks and batholiths indicate that emplacement...

The Gangdese batholith or Gangdese volcanic arc is a major geological structure in the south of the Lhasa terrane in Tibet, to the north of the Himalayas...

The Ljusdal Batholith is a group of plutons in central Sweden formed during the Svecofennian orogeny. The batholith occupies a NW-SE elongated area of...

The Donegal batholith is a large granitic igneous intrusion of early Devonian age that outcrops in County Donegal in Ireland. It consists of at least...

Elqui-Limarí Batholith is a group of plutons in the Andes of Chile and Argentina between the latitudes of 28 and 30° S. The plutons of the batholith were emplaced...

Aspero Batholith (Spanish: batolito de Cerro Aspero) is a group of plutons in southern Sierras Pampeanas in central Argentina. The batholith covers an...

potassic series of plutons compromising most of the Pikes Peak batholith, a batholith formed of two major types of plutons, the potassic Pikes Peak granite...

of over 200 kilometers (120 mi) the Chibagalakh Range is the largest batholith in the area of Northeastern Russia. It is in part peraluminous two-mica...

underground, their combined mass forming what is called the Sierra Nevada batholith. These plutons formed at various times, from 115 Ma to 87 Ma. The earlier...

The Coastal Batholith of central Chile is a group of plutons in the Chilean Coast Range of Central Chile appearing contiguously from 33° S to 38° S. At...

crystallizes, and solidifies underground to form intrusions, such as batholiths, dikes, sills, laccoliths, and volcanic necks. Intrusion is one of the...

The North Patagonian Batholith (Spanish: Batolito Nor-Patagónico) is a series of igneous plutons in the Patagonian Andes of Argentina and Chile. The Northern...