Roof pendant definition is a downward projection or sag of the roof of a batholith.
Roof pendant definicion.
A dictionary of earth sciences.
Downward projection or sag into an igneous intrusion of the country rock of the roof.
The removal of roof rocks by erosion may leave remnants of roof pendants which resemble xenoliths in the intruding rock.
The intrusions that most commonly contain roof pendants are relatively shallow stocks or batholiths.
The roof pendants occur as isolated pieces of the surrounding rock within the intrusive mass.
In lay terminology sometimes rock hat is used.
Also known as pendant.
In structural geology a roof pendant which also known as a pendant is a mass of country rock that projects downward into and is entirely surrounded by an igneous intrusion such as a batholith or other pluton.