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During volcanic eruption deposition of lava in anticlines and synclines of folded mountains accounts for formation of
Options:
A .  Batholith
B .  Phacolith
C .  Lacolith
D .  Lopolith
Answer: Option B
Answer: (b)
During volcanic eruption deposition of lava in anticlines and synclines of folded mountains accounts for the formation of phacolith. A phacolith is a pluton parallel to the bedding plane or foliation of folded country rock.
More specifically, it is a typically lens-shaped pluton that occupies either the crest of an anticline or the trough of a syncline.

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