In geological terminology, a sill is a tabular sheet of igneous rock that has intruded laterally and solidified horizontally between older, pre-existing layers of sedimentary rock, volcanic lava, or metamorphic strata. Unlike discordant dykes that cut vertically across rock layers, sills are concordant intrusions, meaning they run parallel to the surrounding bedding planes of the parent rock formation underground over vast distances.
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