Downward projection or sag into an igneous intrusion of the country rock of the roof.
Roof pendant definition.
Roof pendant downward extension of the surrounding rock that protrudes into the upper surface of an igneous intrusive body.
If this downward protruding mass of roof rock still has a connection to the main surrounding mass of country rock they are known by structural geologists as either septa or screens.
Roof pendant definition is a downward projection or sag of the roof of a batholith.
Also known as pendant.
The intrusions that most commonly contain roof pendants are relatively shallow stocks or batholiths.
A roof pendant is an erosional remnant that was created by the removal by erosion of the overlying country rock that formed the roof of the igneous intrusion that encloses it.