Dike in Granite
About This Item
Photo of a natural dike running through granite. Dikes are formed when magma crystallizes underground as it is flowing up toward or out of the surface of preexisting rock. The dikes are revealed through erosion.
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- Pestrong, Ray
- Date
- Type
- Slide
- Format
- TIFF
- Source
- Ray Pestrong Geosciences Slide Collections, San Francisco State Unviersity
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- Public
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- 3281
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