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Which type of intrusive feature forms when magma is injected into fractures cutting across rock layers? a. a laccolith b. a dike c. a lava plateau d. a sill

Which type of intrusive feature forms when magma is injected into fractures cutting across rock layers? a. a laccolith b. a dike c. a lava plateau d. a sill
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Which type of intrusive feature forms when magma is injected into fractures cutting across rock layers?

a. a laccolith
b. a dike
c. a lava plateau
d. a sill

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Answer: B. D ike

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The answer is Dike.
In Geology, Dike is a sheet of rock formed in a fracture in a pre-existing rock body. Magmatic dikes are formed when magma intrudes into a crack then crystallize. It is an igneous body with a very high aspect ratio.
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