Petrology

IGNEOUS BODIES
Sill is a concordant, tabular body. It occurs when magma intrudes between
the bedding planes.
Dike is a discordant body. It occurs when magma intrudes then crystallizes
through a fracture that cuts across bedding or adjacent rock structures.
Ring dike is a roughly circular dike that occurs when weight of the overlying
rocks is greater than the pressure exerted by the magma.
Cone sheet is a concentric dike that dips inward toward the center of the
arc.
Stock - are discordant plutons which are smaller than 100 sq. km. Many
stocks can also appear to be parts of a larger intrusive body, namely
batholiths.
Batholiths are by far the largest igneous bodies, having more than 100 sq.
km in outcrop area.
Laccolith are a massive, dome-shaped, concordant igneous body that
intrudes a preexisting strata.
Volcanic neck is a tabular and roughly vertical body that occurs when
magma solidifies inside the vent of a volcano.
Laccolith is a concordant body that intrudes preexisting strata. The force of
the intrusion causes the preexisting strata to uplift, resulting in a domeshaped body.
Lopolith - is a concordant body that is dish-shaped due to the sagging of the
preexisting strata due to the weight of the intrusion.

References:
1. Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Second Edition, John D. Winter
2.
https://emsrockandmineralresources.wikispaces.com/file/view/Ignous+Rock+Structu
res.pdf