Intrusive suite

The term intrusive suite seems near synonymous with intrusive rock.[1][2] There is, however, a modest difference: An intrusive suite is a group of plutons related in time and space.[3] Plus, all rocks in an intrusive suite result from the same magma-producing event.[4]

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


References
  1. Oxford Academic: Crustal Contamination of Picritic Magmas During Transport Through Dikes: the Expo Intrusive Suite, Cape Smith Fold Belt, New Quebec | Journal of Petrology | Oxford Academic, accessdate: March 27, 2017
  2. 9/28/94: 9/28/94, accessdate: March 27, 2017
  3. Glazner, Allen F, Stock, Greg M. (2010). Geology Underfoot in Yosemite. Mountain Press, p. 45. ISBN 978-0-87842-568-6.
  4. The Geologic Story of Yosemite National Park (1987), “Rocks, the building materials,” by N. King Huber: Intrusive Suite, accessdate: April 4, 2017


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