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pluton
This term is a specialized geological descriptor used to identify large-scale igneous intrusions. It carries a technical, scientific register and is almost exclusively found in academic papers, textbooks, or professional geological surveys rather than in general conversation.
While it refers to a singular body of rock, it serves as a categorical term for various types of intrusions, such as batholiths or laccoliths. In a professional context, it describes the result of magma that cooled slowly over millennia, creating the coarse-grained textures characteristic of plutonic rocks.
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Examples
The granite pluton was exposed after millions of years of erosion.
Look at the map and find where the pluton intersects the sedimentary layers.
I wonder if this entire mountain is actually one massive pluton.
The researchers are studying the cooling rate of the pluton to date the rock.
This region is characterized by a series of small plutons scattered across the crust.
Is this a batholith or just a single isolated pluton?
The magma cooled slowly deep underground to form a crystalline pluton.
The magma cooled slowly deep underground to form a crystalline pluton.
We need to determine the exact boundaries of the pluton using seismic data.