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Bilingual glossary of geology


Pluton  Pluton
A large igneous intrusion ranging in size from a cubic kilometer to hundreds of cubic kilometers, formed at depth in the crust (adapted from: Grotzinger et al., 2007).

Themes:
  Igneous rocks

Related words:
  Intrusive (Igneous Rock; syn.: Plutonic)


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