Dear Science Mine: What is the `Boulder Batholith' and why does it have that name? — C.W., Butte “ Batholith” is from the Greek bathos (deep) and lithos (stone), and it is a geo logic term for a very ...
Two unique types of granite formed far from each other before colliding in the Cascades. Towering walls of granite stand sentinel over Highway 20 at Washington Pass deep in the North Cascades. The ...