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.
Roof pendant definition.
Definition of roof pendant a downward projection of country rock into an igneous intrusion.
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.
The intrusions that most commonly contain roof pendants are relatively shallow stocks or batholiths.
Also known as pendant.
Roof pendant definition is a downward projection or sag of the roof of a batholith.
A mass of country rock which projects downwards into an intrusive body such as a batholith or remains as an erosional fragment on its upper surface.