Multiple Choice
Most batholiths ____.
A) assimilate all country rock as they move upward
B) form during a volcanic eruption
C) are composed of obsidian and pumice
D) have a pyroclastic texture and are usually small geological features
E) were emplaced by forceful injection and stoping as magma moved upward
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Q7: An igneous rock with no visible crystals
Q8: Most igneous rocks are classified as either
Q9: Although all compositions are represented, most plutons
Q10: Batholiths are large plutonic bodies produced by
Q11: One example of a vesicular felsic rock
Q13: Why are rhyolite flows less common than
Q14: The most widely accepted explanation for chains
Q15: Some plutons are emplaced by forceful injection
Q16: Rapid cooling of magma results in a
Q17: _ are concordant, mushroom-shaped plutons.