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Georgetown Intrusive Suite, exposed in an old quarry south of Massachusetts Avenue in Rock Creek Park, near the border with Montrose Park, Washington DC

An intrusive suite is a group of plutons related in time and space.[1] All rocks in an intrusive suite result from the same magma-producing event.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Glazner, Allen F, Stock, Greg M. (2010). Geology Underfoot in Yosemite. Mountain Press, p. 45. ISBN 978-0-87842-568-6.
  2. ^ The Geologic Story of Yosemite National Park (1987), “Rocks, the building materials,” by N. King Huber: Intrusive Suite, accessdate: April 4, 2017