Intrusive suite

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

Georgetown Intrusive Suite, exposed in an old quarry south of Massachusetts Avenue in Rock Creek Park, near the border with Montrose Park, Washington DC

See also

References
  1. Glazner, Allen F, Stock, Greg M. (2010). Geology Underfoot in Yosemite. Mountain Press, p. 45. ISBN 978-0-87842-568-6.
  2. The Geologic Story of Yosemite National Park (1987), “Rocks, the building materials,” by N. King Huber: Intrusive Suite, accessdate: April 4, 2017
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