Word: laccolith
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...There may be also a laccolith: a formation where lava once pooled into a cone. The top crust cooled but the hot material beneath found egress, leaving a bubble formation with the top separated from the bottom by perhaps 1,500 ft. In this case sinking would continue until a box canyon was formed...