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Bilingual glossary of geology


Concordant Intrusion  Intrusion concordante
An igneous intrusion whose boundaries lie parallel to fabric or strata of preexisting rock (term that applies irrespectively of size or shape of intrusion).

Themes:
  Igneous rocks

Related words:
  Sill
  Discordant Intrusion