# plutonism

> theory that the igneous rocks forming the Earth originated from intrusive magmatic activity, with weathering/erosion wearing away rocks, which were then deposited on the sea bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock, and raised again

**Wikidata**: [Q1162344](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1162344)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonism)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/plutonism


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)