Stocks (geology)
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, a stock is a discordant igneous intrusion having a surface exposure of less than 40 mi2, differing from batholiths only in being smaller. Most stocks are probably the cupolas of hidden batholiths. Circular or elliptical stocks may have been vents feeding former volcanoes.
Geology
Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
, a stock is a discordant igneous intrusion having a surface exposure of less than 40 mi2, differing from batholiths only in being smaller. Most stocks are probably the cupolas of hidden batholiths. Circular or elliptical stocks may have been vents feeding former volcanoes.