The magma cools down and solidifies, leaving behind a mound of rock, like Traprain Law. Igneous intrusions can be found all around Scotland, not just in Edinburgh and Lothian. Some other examples ...
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IN the middle of the last century much interest was shown in the problem of the genesis of igneous rocks, and especially in the manner of origin of diverse rock-types from a common stock or from a ...
It shows a curious fracture surface due to a heavy gelignite detonation in finely crystalline “trap” rock. So far as I can remember I had seen other examples of this phenomenon, but ...
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