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Volcanic Sill - John Seach

A volcanic sill is a planar sheet of magma which is parallel to the surrounding rock.
Sills store magma compared to dikes which transport magma.

The Basement Sill in Antarctica is 350 m thick and 100 km long.
 

Sill
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