岩蓋(英語:Laccolith)是一種片狀的侵入體(或是一致的深成岩體)。它侵入到了沉積岩層內或層之間;當母岩為火山岩時,該岩蓋被稱為隱形穹(cryptodomes)[1]。由於岩漿的壓力足夠高,以致上覆岩層被迫向上並隆起,從而使岩蓋在並具有基本平坦的底部的同時頂部呈圓拱或蘑菇狀(也可能為圓錐形或楔形)。 隨著時間的流逝,侵蝕可能會使岩蓋的頂部周圍形成小山甚至山巒,因為岩漿岩可能比作為基質的沉積岩更能抵抗風化。 當岩漿向上侵入時,岩蓋的生長可能在幾個月的時間里發生[2][3] 。而由於多個岩漿脈彼此疊加使基岩變形時,岩蓋的形成則可能需要數百或數千年的時間[4]

岩蓋入侵並使頂層的沉積岩變形
侵入岩結構的基本構成
1. 岩蓋
2. 小的岩脈
3. 岩磐
4. 岩脈
5. 岩干
6. 火山頸
7. 岩盆

參考資料

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