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Dyke   It is made when magma moves upwards towards the surface cool and solidified.  
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Sill   Is formed when magma lies along the bedding planes of sedimentary .  
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Laccolith   The result of large amounts of magma moving between bedding planes and causing overlying reek  
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Denduation   The laying bare of underlying rocks by the process of weathering transport and erosion.  
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Weathering   Is the gradual breakdown of rocks or decay of rocks in situ.  
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Erosion   The removal of land surface by wind , water or ice.  
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Mass wasting   Is the downhill movement of soil and rock under the influence of gravity.  
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Deposition   The dropping off of material which has been picked up and transported by wind, water or ice.  
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Regolith   It contained to Greek words rhegas"blanket" lithos"rock" is the layer of weathered broken and unsolid rock which which forms at the Earths surface.  
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There are three important types of weathering   Frost action/Freeze thaw Temperature change Pressure release  
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Diural range   The highest or lowest temperature within 24 hours  
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Granular disintegration   Rocks that are made up of different minerals such as granite. These minerals can expand and contracts at different rates.  
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Batholith   A large mass of intrusive igneous rock that forms from cool magma deep in the earth crust.  
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