Wondering how to use Batholith in a sentence? Below are 5 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as pluton.
Batholith meaning
A large irregular mass of intrusive igneous rock that has melted or forced itself into surrounding strata
Synonyms of Batholith
Using Batholith
- The main meaning on this page is: A large irregular mass of intrusive igneous rock that has melted or forced itself into surrounding strata
- Useful related words include: batholite, pluton, plutonic rock, igneous rock.
- In the example corpus, batholith often appears in combinations such as: batholith is.
Context around Batholith
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Batholith
- In this selection, "batholith" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, segovia, monzodiorite and granitic stand out and add context to how "batholith" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include erosion a batholith is an and large monzodiorite batholith of lac. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "batholith" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with batholith
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Lac Simard Nord property is underlain by the large monzodiorite batholith of Lac Simard Sud. (16 words)
Surface expression and erosion A batholith is an exposed area of (mostly) continuous plutonic rock that covers an area larger than 100 square kilometers (40 square miles). (27 words)
Drilling intersected K-feldspar pegmatitic dykes cutting predominantly through the granite but are also present, albeit less prevalently, in the mafic metavolcanic host rock adjacent to the batholith. (28 words)
During the initial collision of the Asia and Indian plates, this granitic batholith was buried to depths of about convert or more, highly metamorphosed, highly deformed, and partially remelted during the Eocene Period to form gneiss. (36 words)
Drilling intersected K-feldspar pegmatitic dykes cutting predominantly through the granite but are also present, albeit less prevalently, in the mafic metavolcanic host rock adjacent to the batholith. (28 words)
In the northern parts of the concession, the Segovia Batholith is covered by a strongly tectonized volcano-sedimentary succession of Cretaceous age, with nature of contact largely undefined. (28 words)
Example sentences (5)
Drilling intersected K-feldspar pegmatitic dykes cutting predominantly through the granite but are also present, albeit less prevalently, in the mafic metavolcanic host rock adjacent to the batholith.
In the northern parts of the concession, the Segovia Batholith is covered by a strongly tectonized volcano-sedimentary succession of Cretaceous age, with nature of contact largely undefined.
The Lac Simard Nord property is underlain by the large monzodiorite batholith of Lac Simard Sud.
During the initial collision of the Asia and Indian plates, this granitic batholith was buried to depths of about convert or more, highly metamorphosed, highly deformed, and partially remelted during the Eocene Period to form gneiss.
Surface expression and erosion A batholith is an exposed area of (mostly) continuous plutonic rock that covers an area larger than 100 square kilometers (40 square miles).
Common combinations with batholith
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- batholith is 2×