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lopolith

[ lop-uh-lith ]

noun

Geology.
  1. a mass of igneous rock similar to a laccolith but concave downward rather than upward.

lopolith

/ ˈ±ôÉ’±èÉ™±ôɪθ /

noun

  1. a saucer- or lens-shaped body of intrusive igneous rock, formed by the penetration of magma between the beds or layers of existing rock and subsequent subsidence beneath the intrusion Compare laccolith
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lopolith

/ ±ôűè′ə-±ôÄ­³Ù³ó /

  1. A large, bowl-shaped body of igneous rock intruded between layers of sedimentary rock. Lopoliths are usually connected to a dike and are typically tens of kilometers thick and hundreds of kilometers wide.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lopolith1

1915–20; < Greek lop ( ó²õ ) shell, husk + -o- -o- + -lith
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lopolith1

C20: from Greek lopas dish + -lith

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