An intrusive suite is a group of
pluton
In geology, an igneous intrusion (or intrusive body or simply intrusion) is a body of intrusive igneous rock that forms by crystallization of magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth. Intrusions have a wide variety of forms and com ...
s related in time and space.
[Glazner, Allen F, Stock, Greg M. (2010). ''Geology Underfoot in Yosemite''. Mountain Press, p. 45. .] All rocks in an intrusive suite result from the same
magma-producing event.
[The Geologic Story of Yosemite National Park (1987), “Rocks, the building materials,” by N. King Huber]
Intrusive Suite
accessdate: April 4, 2017
See also
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Extrusive rock
References
Igneous petrology
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