plutonism
noun
the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
plutonist
-
a word derived from
plutonism.
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We find, for example, numerous valleys which the most ardent plutonist would not think of ascribing to any other agency than erosion.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
