Sierra Nevada Batholith
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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 range in California, exposed at the surfac
Half Dome, Yosemite, a classic granite dome of the Sierra Nevada Batholith
Batholith
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A batholith is a large mass of intrusive igneous rock, larger than 100 km2 in area, that forms from cooled magma deep in the Earth's crust. Batholiths are almost always made mostly of felsic or interm
Sierra Nevada Batholith
…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 range in California, exposed at the surface…
The eroded laccolith above the batholith system of Vitosha, the Plana domed mountains, next to Sofia, Bulgaria