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lopolith

[lop-uh-lith]
noun Geology.
  1. a mass of igneous rock similar to a laccolith but concave downward rather than upward.
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Origin of lopolith

1915–20; < Greek lop(ós) shell, husk + -o- -o- + -lith
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British Dictionary definitions for lopolith

lopolith

noun
  1. a saucer- or lens-shaped body of intrusive igneous rock, formed by the penetration of magma between the beds or layers of existing rock and subsequent subsidence beneath the intrusionCompare laccolith
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Word Origin

C20: from Greek lopas dish + -lith
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lopolith in Science

lopolith

[lŏp′ə-lĭth]
  1. A large, bowl-shaped body of igneous rock intruded between layers of sedimentary rock. Lopoliths are usually connected to a dike and are typically tens of kilometers thick and hundreds of kilometers wide.
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