also: べいばん
noun
laccolith
A dome-shaped igneous intrusion in geology. Technical term; see also ラコリス.
See also: ラコリス
この地域には、餅盤と呼ばれる火成岩の貫入体が見られる。
In this area, an igneous intrusion called a laccolith can be seen.
Synonymous loanword from English; 餅盤 is the native Japanese term.
Compound of 餅 (mochi, 'rice cake') and 盤 (ban, 'plate' or 'disk'), from the resemblance of the intrusion's shape to a flat rice cake. The reading へいばん is the standard on'yomi; べいばん is a variant.