Intrusive suite

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File:Georgetown Intrusive Suite - Granite Dike (4802243518).jpg
Georgetown Intrusive Suite, exposed in an old quarry south of Massachusetts Avenue in Rock Creek Park, near the border with Montrose Park, Washington DC

An intrusive suite is a group of igneous intrusions related in time and space.[1] All rocks in an intrusive suite result from the same magma-producing event.[2]

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  1. ^ Glazner, Allen F, Stock, Greg M. (2010). Geology Underfoot in Yosemite. Mountain Press, p. 45. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  2. ^ The Geologic Story of Yosemite National Park (1987), “Rocks, the building materials,” by N. King Huber: Intrusive Suite, accessdate: April 4, 2017