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Laccolith: Art, Examples & Description

A laccolith is a body of intrusive rock with a dome-shaped upper surface and a level base, fed by a conduit from below. A laccolith forms when magma (molten rock) rising through the Earth's crust begins to spread out horizontally, prying apart the host rock strata. The pressure of the magma is high enough that the overlying strata are forced upward…

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Laccolith topic overview

The analysis highlights Art, Examples and Description as prominent areas in the source structure around Laccolith.

Related topics
77
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
85
Extracted relationships
53
Related term clusters
32
Bridge connections
85

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Examples · 21 topics
Description · 14 topics
Overview · 11 topics
Where laccoliths form · 10 topics
Gallery · 9 topics
Problems reconstructing shapes of intrusions · 6 topics
Extraterrestrial laccoliths · 4 topics
Etymology · 2 topics

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Laccolith
4Intrusive rock · Magma · Earth's crust
7Erosion · Weathering · Henry Mountains
8Viscous · Diorite · Granodiorite
6Igneous intrusion · Cryptodome · Intermediate composition

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Overview

Description

Etymology

Where laccoliths form

Examples

Problems reconstructing shapes of intrusions

Extraterrestrial laccoliths

Gallery

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How Laccolith connects Entity context

The extracted context around Laccolith shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Laccolith → AustraliaLaccolith, Bulgaria, Cambrian, Dolerite, MontanaPink, Notch Peak, Ordovician, Sofia, Sydney, UtahThe, Vitosha Another extracted example is Laccolith → Abajo Mountains, Colorado Plateau, Henry Mountains, Horizontal, La Sal Mountains, Paine, Patagonia, Torres. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Laccolith

Top relations

related to Gallery · 11
Laccolith → AustraliaLaccolith, Bulgaria, Cambrian, Dolerite, MontanaPink, Notch Peak, Ordovician, Sofia, Sydney, UtahThe, Vitosha
related to Examples · 8
Laccolith → Abajo Mountains, Colorado Plateau, Henry Mountains, Horizontal, La Sal Mountains, Paine, Patagonia, Torres
related to Extraterrestrial laccoliths · 8
Laccolith → Arcadia Planitia, Earth, Laccoliths, Mars, Moon, Moon's, Others, Possible
related to Where laccoliths form · 8
Laccolith → Dating, Laccoliths, Laramide, New Mexico, Ortiz, Sheet, Thus, When Laramide
related to Problems reconstructing shapes of intrusions · 7
Laccolith → At Devils Tower, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, Devils Tower, Henry Mountains, Needle Rock, Wyoming
related to Etymology · 4
Laccolith → Ancient Greek, Gilbert, Henry Mountains, Utah
is a · 3
Laccolith → body of intrusive rock with a dome-shaped upper surface and a level base, Shonkin Sag laccolith in Montana, type of igneous intrusion
related to Description · 2
Laccolith → Earth's, Laccoliths

Important terminology

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Important terminology

laccoliths rock magma form intrusion intrusions strata sills host mountains exposed utah overlying henry mountain erosion igneous crust time gilbert

Laccolith relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 53 structured relationships around Laccolith. Examples in this analysis include Laccolith → is a → body of intrusive rock with a dome-shaped upper surface and a level base and Laccolith → is a → type of igneous intrusion. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Laccolithis abody of intrusive rock with a dome-shaped upper surface and a level base0.90text
Laccolithis atype of igneous intrusion0.90text
Laccolithis aShonkin Sag laccolith in Montana0.90text
shonkinite may form phenocrysts of augite at depthinstance ofIn other cases less viscous magma0.80text
then inject through a vertical feeder dike that ends in a laccolith.Sheet intrusions tend to form perpendicular to the direction of least stress in the country rock they intrudeinstance ofIn other cases less viscous magma0.80text
Laccolithrelated to DescriptionEarth's0.60section
Laccolithrelated to DescriptionLaccoliths0.60section
Laccolithrelated to EtymologyGilbert0.60section
Laccolithrelated to EtymologyHenry Mountains0.60section
Laccolithrelated to EtymologyUtah0.60section
Laccolithrelated to EtymologyAncient Greek0.60section
Laccolithrelated to ExamplesHenry Mountains0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Laccolith bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Rock, Magma and Host. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Laccolith
    • Rock
    • Magma
    • Host
    • Erosion
    • Igneous
    • Overlying
    • Exposed
    • Strata
    • Intrusion
    • Form
    • Eroded
    • Forms
  • laccolith
    • Rock
    • Magma
    • Host
    • Erosion
    • Igneous
    • Overlying
    • Exposed
    • Strata
    • Intrusion
    • Form
    • Eroded
    • Forms
  • intrusive rock
    • Host
    • Erosion
    • Intrusion
    • Weathering
    • Fed
    • Strata
    • Eroded
    • Magma
    • Since
    • Surface
    • Overlying
    • Sills
  • sedimentary rock
    • Host
    • Intrusion
    • Erosion
    • Strata
    • Magma
    • Overlying
    • Sills
    • Weathering
    • Eroded
    • Forms
    • Greater
    • Since
  • needle rock
    • Host
    • Intrusion
    • Erosion
    • Strata
    • Magma
    • Overlying
    • Sills
    • Weathering
    • Eroded
    • Forms
    • Greater
    • Since
  • where laccoliths form
    • Sills
    • Magma
    • May
    • Formed
    • Intrusions
    • Viscous
    • Laccoliths
    • Since
    • Mountains
    • Time
    • Igneous
    • Laccolith
  • extraterrestrial laccoliths
    • Sills
    • Formed
    • Intrusions
    • Magma
    • Mountains
    • Dikes
    • Greater
    • Surface
    • Also
    • Gilbert
    • Mountain
    • Rock
  • utah
    • Henry
    • Us
    • Mountains
    • Example
    • Gilbert
    • Mountain
    • Exposed
    • Eroded
    • Greater
    • Less
    • Erosion
    • Time

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Laccolith, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Laccolith with Examples. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Laccolith — Examples · splits 64 ⟂ 22
Laccolith — Description · splits 71 ⟂ 15
Laccolith — Overview · splits 74 ⟂ 12
Laccolith — Where laccoliths form · splits 75 ⟂ 11
Laccolith — Gallery · splits 76 ⟂ 10
Laccolith — Problems reconstructing shapes of intrusions · splits 79 ⟂ 7
Laccolith — Extraterrestrial laccoliths · splits 81 ⟂ 5
Laccolith — Etymology · splits 83 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Laccolith

Nodes86
Edges85
Triples53
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023256
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Laccolith to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Art, Examples & Description, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Laccolith · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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