Roof pendant definition is a downward projection or sag of the roof of a batholith.
Roof pendant definition.
Downward projection or sag into an igneous intrusion of the country rock of the roof.
If this downward protruding mass of roof rock still has a connection to the main surrounding mass of country rock they are known by structural geologists as either septa or screens.
A roof pendant is an erosional remnant that was created by the removal by erosion of the overlying country rock that formed the roof of the igneous intrusion that encloses it.
Also known as pendant.
The intrusions that most commonly contain roof pendants are relatively shallow stocks or batholiths.
Definition of roof pendant a downward projection of country rock into an igneous intrusion.