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batholith Geol.|ˈbæθəʊlɪθ|
Also batholite, bathylith.
[a. G. batholith (Suess 1892, Das Antlitz der Erde I. 219), f. Gr. βάθο-ς depth + -lith.]
A large dome-shaped mass of intrusive igneous rock without a visible foundation. Hence ˌbathoˈlithic a.
1903R. A. Daly in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. XV. 270 ‘Batholiths’..characteristically occur in regions of great structural complexity. 1904Sollas tr. Suess's Face of Earth I. i. iv. 168 The magma simply filled the space..forming a cake of rock or true batholite. 1905Chamberlin & Salisbury Geol. I. 477 Great masses of irregular or undetermined forms..are called bathyliths. 1906Ibid. II. 131 The Archean batholiths. 1912R. A. Daly Geol. N. Amer. Cordillera ii. 726 The batholithic axes may have indefinite relations to axes of earlier and later crustal deformation. 1937Wooldridge & Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. viii. 106 The larger bodies of intrusive rock. These are the so-called bathyliths. 1960L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. (ed. 5) ix. 80 The great igneous bosses or batholiths of plutonic rock..stand up as hill masses. |