pluton
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pluton
1935–40; < German Pluton, back formation from plutonisch plutonic
Vocabulary lists containing pluton
Earth Science - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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Called a pluton by geologists, the Barre granite formation is calculated to be four miles long, two miles wide and 10 miles deep.
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022
A stock is a type of pluton with less surface exposure than a batholith and may represent a narrower neck of material emerging from the top of a batholith.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
The most obvious such effect is the formation of a chilled margin along the edges of the pluton, where it came in contact with country rock that was significantly colder than the magma.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
A pluton that intruded into cold rock it is likely to have a chilled margin.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Such a system could operate for thousands of years, resulting in the circulation of millions of tonnes of groundwater from the surrounding region past the pluton.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
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