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Dike: Definition, Formation, and Geological Significance

 
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Dike, in geology, a body of diabase or some other igneous rock that, while in the molten state, filled a fissure (crack) in some other rock. Dikes are sometimes exposed as vertical walls after the softer surrounding material is removed by erosion.