what is a laccolith?

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User: what is a laccolith?

Weegy: A laccolith is a sheet intrusion (or concordant pluton) that has been injected between two layers of sedimentary rock.
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User: what is a batholith?

Weegy: A batholith is large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.
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