Name the massive igneous rock from which tors develop?
Question: Name the massive igneous rock from which tors develop?
Tors are free-standing rock outcrops that rise abruptly from the surrounding smooth and gentle slopes of a rounded hill summit or ridge crest. They are created by the erosion and weathering of rock, most commonly granites, but also schists, dacites, dolerites, ignimbrites, coarse sandstones, and others. Tors are mostly less than 5 meters high. When joints happen to be unusually widely spaced, core blocks can survive and remain above the weathering surface, developing into tors. These core blocks are usually made of granite, which is a massive igneous rock.
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