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Definition of Batholite
1. Noun. Large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.
Specialized synonyms: Granite
Generic synonyms: Igneous Rock
Derivative terms: Batholitic, Batholithic, Plutonic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Batholite
Literary usage of Batholite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1905)
"part of the batholite was formed under a moderate depth of cover is believed to
be indicated by the relatively slight amount of chemical differentiation, ..."
2. Technology Quarterly by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1905)
"The absence of marked differentiation extends, in the main, to the earlier
intrusions in the batholite, since, with one xception, these are relatively acid, ..."
3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1905)
"These have been described in the order of superposition, which is, of course,
the inverse order of age, since the refrigeration of the batholite must have ..."
4. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1904)
"These are probably parts of an extensive batholite which, possibly, extends even
under the mountain. This granite incloses fragments, both large and small, ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"volume of the overlying Cambrian sediments were absorbed by the plutonic magma.
During the slow refrigeration of the batholite and consolidation of the ..."
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