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plutonic -- Applies to igneous rocks formed beneath the surface of the Earth; typically with large crystals due to the slowness of cooling. Synonym of intrusive. Antonym of volcanic.
A compressive tectonic process that results in intense folding, reverse faulting, crustal thickening, uplift and deep plutonic activity. A mountain-building episode.
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Paleoclimatic, Pangaea, Peridotite, Period, Permian, pH, Phanerozoic, Plagioclase Feldspar, Plate Tectonics, Platform, Pleistocene, Pluton, Plutonic Igneous Rock, Polycyclic Landform, ...
Above its subduction zone, melted rock and tectonic upwelling and compression produce folded sedimentary rocks and volcanic and plutonic (magmas that intrude rocks above but don't reach the surface) rocks to form one or more mountain chains (the ...
 See also: Crust, Magma, Area, Tectonic, Environment
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