Batholiths

Formation Although they may appear uniform, batholiths are in fact structures with complex histories and compositions.

Granite often occurs as relatively small, less than 100 km² stock masses ( stocks ) and in batholiths that are often associated with orogenic mountain ranges.

This form of weathering causes convex and relatively thin sheets of rock to slough off the exposed surfaces of batholiths (a process accelerated by frost wedging ).

This process has removed several tens of square kilometers of overlying rock in many areas, exposing the once deeply buried batholiths.