Distinguish among batholiths, stocks, and laccoliths in terms of size and shape

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Batholiths are the largest of the igneous intrusive bodies—they are massive. Stocks are also massive and are the next largest. Laccoliths are sort of mushroom-cap shaped, generally concordant at their base, discordant at the mushroom cap, and the smallest of these three bodies.

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