深成岩
深成岩（英語：plutonic rock）是一種火成岩，生成於地殼的較深處(>2 km)，因為在地下緩慢冷卻，使得礦物具有大的結晶粒度。常為斑岩紋理。常見的深成岩有花崗岩、輝綠岩(粗玄岩)。[1][2]
另一概念侵入岩（英語：intrusive rock）是指由火成侵入作用形成的火成岩，經常被視為深成岩的同義詞。[3]
語源
plutonic rock這個英文術語起源於羅馬神話中地下世界的主宰冥王普魯托。十八世紀末水成論與火成論的地質學大論戰時命名。pluton也被視為火成侵入的同義詞。
參見
參考文獻
- ^ Examples of rocks with different names. [12 June 2015]. （原始內容存檔於2020-05-06）.
- ^ Igneous rock types - Australian Museum. [14 June 2015]. （原始內容存檔於2015-06-03）.
- ^ Igneous Rocks. National Park Services, U.S. Department of Interior. [2023-12-21]. （原始內容存檔於2024-02-11） （英語）.
Intrusive igneous rocks solidify within Earth. These rocks are also known as plutonic rocks
- Glazner, A. F., Bartley, J. M., Coleman, D. S., Gray, W. and Taylor, R. Z. (2004). "Are plutons assembled over millions of years by amalgamation from small magma chambers?" GSA Today, 14 (4: April), pp. 4–11.
- Young, Davis A. (2003). Mind Over Magma: the Story of Igneous Petrology. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-10279-1.
- Best, Myron G. (1982). Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman & Company. pp. 119 ff. ISBN 0-7167-1335-7.
