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batholith-Boulder Batholith
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003RM/finalprogram/abstract_53282.htm
http://www.mtech.edu/wimmonen/My_Montana/Scenery/boulderbatholith.htm
http://www.goldengatephoto.com/westus/mtother.html
http://www.butteamerica.com/batholith.htm
http://amli.usgs.gov/reports/ofr98_297/lund.html
batholith-Idaho Batholith
http://gorp.away.com/dow/northern/deerinfo.htm
http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/boise/field_trip/alplake/batholth.html
http://www.geology.ufl.edu/manuscripts/idbath.abst.html

batholith-Peninsular Ranges Batholith
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003CD/finalprogram/abstract_52401.htm
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002AM/finalprogram/abstract_45987.htm
batholith-Sierra Nevada Batholith
http://virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/ghayes/Gaylor%20Peak.htm http://virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/ghayes/granite.htm http://www.colorado.edu/GeolSci/Resources/WUSTectonics/SierraBatholith/references.htm
http://www.colorado.edu/GeolSci/Resources/WUSTectonics/SierraBatholith/mesozoic.htm
http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/3IntrusiveBodies/1Plutonsz/1SierraNevada.html
http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/3IntrusiveBodies/1Plutonsz/2SierraNevadaCloseUps.html
http://www.nps.gov/yose/education/glance/geology/sierra_nev.htm

breccia pipe
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2004/html/bull2004breccia_pipe_uranium_deposits.htm
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abstract_65525.htm
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2004/html/bull2004model_for_solutioncollapse_brecc.htm
http://geofluid.snu.ac.kr/paper/thesis/pdf/m1976kjm.PDF

carbonatite
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abstract_59060.htm
http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/geolsci/dlr/carb.html
crystal settling
http://almandine.geol.wwu.edu/~dave/other/animations/settling.shtml
http://www.brocku.ca/earthsciences/people/gfinn/petrology/fractcry.htm
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/frequent_questions/top_101/Lava/Lava4.html
dikes-basalt
http://www.litho.ucalgary.ca/transect_info/snorcle/photos/granite.html
dikes-dacite
http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IDS_Web_Site/IDS_04.html
http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IDS_Web_Site/IDS_05.html

dikes-dike swarms
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001SE/finalprogram/abstract_4157.htm
http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/pb2/pb22/projects/namibia/highlights.html
http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/geolsci/dlr/karoo.html
dikes-granite
http://www.lehigh.edu/~pkz0/nanga_files/scenefigs/thindike.gif
http://www.geosci.ipfw.edu/GeoGarden/sample-04.html
http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IDS_Web_Site/IDS_01.html

dikes-overview
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/dike.html
dikes-pegmatite

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/lkrwork/x170.htm
http://www.csun.edu/~vcgeo005/gentry/crystal.htm
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001AM/finalprogram/abstract_25780.htm
http://www.eos.ubc.ca/personal/groat/littlenahanni.htm
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001SE/finalprogram/abstract_4422.htm
http://www.geosci.ipfw.edu/GeoGarden/sample-03.html
http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/arc/wybridgermts.htm
dikes-radial
http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/anon/anon20005.html
http://paces.geo.utep.edu/Spanish_Peaks/Devils.html
http://home.att.net/~sgeoveatch/huerfano-butte.htm
http://paces.geo.utep.edu/Spanish_Peaks/SPIntroduction.html
http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/field/rocky_mt/dike.htm
http://www.sangres.com/mountains/spanpks.htm

flow banding in granite
http://www.gpc.edu/~pgore/stonemtn/stonemountain.html
fractional crystallization
http://www.brocku.ca/earthsciences/people/gfinn/petrology/fractcry.htm
igneous ring complexes
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/africa/air.html
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/geology/profiles/auming/arran/arran.htm
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/g06_s65_63158.html
igneous rocks
igneous rocks-Wards rock collection

laccolith
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abstract_61228.htm
http://www.homestead.com/parkview/Laccolith.html
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2158/b2158.html

lopolith-Bushveld Complex
http://www.wits.ac.za/geosciences/bushveld.htm
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/frequent_questions/grp13/question1689.html
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/1453/bic.htm
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/impact2000/pdf/3097.pdf
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/largeimpacts2003/pdf/4032.pdf

lopolith-Bjerkreim-Sokndal
http://www.uib.no/People/ngebr/BKSKDESCRIPTION.htm
http://www.ngu.no/prosjekter/Geode/Geological_Overview/Geology.htm
lopolith-Duluth Gabbro
http://www.geo.umn.edu/mgs/mnpot/dcmplx.html
http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/MrD/page7.html
http://www.d.umn.edu/~pmorton/geol2300/fieldtripbengagne/bardonwriteup.html
http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/geolwisc/geohist/wipc1100.htm

lopolith-East Bull Lake Intrusion
http://www.mustang-gold.com/articles/miner.html
lopolith-Skaergaard Complex
http://www.fiu.edu/~seng/pages/Fig.%2010.16%20Layering%20in%20Skaergaard%20intrusion.htm
http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/GEODEPT/hollocher/skaergaard/geologic_features/geologic_features.htm
http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/emi/ag-markl/pages/research/pages/greenland/skaergaard2001.html
http://library.iem.ac.ru/j-petr/5-3897/380569.sgm.abs.html
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~jcanders/tour/skgdtour.htm

lopolith-Sudbury Structure, Ontario, Canada
http://esci.unco.edu/faculty/morrow/TOC%20Course/Sudbury_talk_abs.htm
http://gdcinfo.agg.nrcan.gc.ca/app/app4_e.html
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/gsc/mrd/projects/thematic/sudbury_e.html
http://fgms.home.att.net/sudbury.htm
http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/~litho/sudbury.html
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/impacts97/pdf/6015.pdf
magma chamber
http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/magma-chamber-dating.html
http://www.dstu.univ-montp2.fr/TECTONOPHY/ridge/chamber-model.html
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/interior/magma_chamber.html
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/magma_chamber.html

magma mixing
http://www.eos.ubc.ca/public/resources/concepts/igneous/magma/magintro.html
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v379/n6565/abs/379529a0.html

magmatic assimilation
http://www.brocku.ca/earthsciences/people/gfinn/petrology/assimil.htm
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/frequent_questions/grp13/question2902.html

magmatic differentiation
http://astro.temple.edu/~grand/geo50/Chapter3.html
http://geoweb.tamu.edu/courses/geol101/grossman/Ign.rocks.html
http://www.tmm.utexas.edu/npl/mineralogy/Mineral_Genesis/MagmaticDifferentiation.htm

magmatic stoping
http://staff.aist.go.jp/kazahaya-k/miyakegas/miyake-web/cospecweb002.html
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abstract_66357.htm
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001AM/finalprogram/abstract_16035.htm

plutons-overview lectures
http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol212/intro&textures.htm
http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/GEODEPT/COURSES/petrology/labs/wmms/wmms.htm
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Igrocks/Igrocks5.html

roof pendants
http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~es10/classnotes/images/pluton.chile.wo.jpg
http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~es10/classnotes/images/pluton.chile.d.jpg
http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~es10/classnotes/images/IntrusiveContact,drawn.jpg
http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~es10/classnotes/images/S.Nev.roofpen.close-up.wo.jpg
http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~es10/classnotes/images/S.Nev.roofpen.close-up.d.jpg

schlieren
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003NE/finalprogram/abstract_51423.htm
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/E-rock/howschlER.html
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/E-rock/schliERen.html

sill
http://faculty.okstate.edu/halihan/FT_fallbk2000/images/Palisades%20Sill.jpg
http://www.bedford.k12.ny.us/flhs/science/stevek/palisadessill.html
http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/physical/chapter9.html
http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/geolsci/dlr/karoo.html
xenolith

http://www.gpc.edu/~janderso/images/xenolith.jpg
http://www.wm.edu/geology/virginia/petersburg_granite.html
http://www.gly.uga.edu/mroden/roden.html
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/Parks/hawaii/Picture8.html
http://gemoc.anu.edu.au/course/geol1002/field/kioloa/bingie_bingie/lith.htm