Batholith - Batholith (English spelling)

Japanese: バソリス - ばそりす(英語表記)batholith
Batholith - Batholith (English spelling)

A relatively large rock body with a surface area of ​​100 square kilometers or more. Also called a batholith. Large bodies measuring 200 kilometers long and 80 kilometers wide are known. The shape of the bottom is not well understood. Most are medium- or coarse-grained granite, granodiorite, and quartz diorite. In some cases, large rock bodies have been transferred to the surrounding sedimentary rocks, and some retain sedimentary rock-like textures or resemble metamorphic rocks, suggesting that in addition to igneous action, metamorphism, metasomatism, and remelting of the rock body may be the cause.

[Toshihiko Yajima]

[Reference] | Igneous rocks
Main shapes of igneous rocks
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Main shapes of igneous rocks


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Japanese:

地表面積100平方キロメートル以上の比較的大きな岩体。底盤ともいう。縦200キロメートル、横80キロメートルの巨大なものも知られている。底部の形はよくわかっていない。中粒ないし粗粒の花崗(かこう)岩、花崗閃緑(かこうせんりょく)岩、石英閃緑岩が多い。大きな岩体では周辺の堆積(たいせき)岩に移化する場合、内部に堆積岩状の組織が残っていたり、変成岩に類似していたりすることもあって、火成作用のほか、変成作用や交代作用および岩体の再溶融などの成因が推定されるものもある。

[矢島敏彦]

[参照項目] | 火成岩
火成岩体のおもな形状
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火成岩体のおもな形状


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