The removal of roof rocks by erosion may leave remnants of roof pendants which resemble xenoliths in the intruding rock.
Roof pendant definicion.
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.
A dictionary of earth sciences.
Roof pendant downward extension of the surrounding rock that protrudes into the upper surface of an igneous intrusive body.
Roof pendant a downward projection of country rock into a batholith.
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.
Earliest use found in reginald daly 1871 1957.