The paper discusses the problem of active participation of granitoid intrusive bodies in the mountain relief formation. The granitoids form elevations in the SW Issyk-Kul region not because of the selective erosion (as it was previously assumed) but because of independent growth of the intrusions which is demonstrated using one of elevations in the region as an example, Selective growth of the intrusions was typical not only for the recent stage but for former stages as well. As the elevations which correspond to granitoid intrusions have an independent source of energy and their development is prolonged and inherited, they can be singled out as a special type of morphostructures by the name of plutogenous, intrusive or granitoid ones.
The paper discusses the problem of active participation of granitoid intrusive bodies in the mountain relief formation. The granitoids form elevations in the SW Issyk-Kul region not because of the selective erosion (as it was previously assumed) but because of independent growth of the intrusions which is demonstrated using one of elevations in the region as an example, Selective growth of the intrusions was typical not only for the recent stage but for former stages as well. As the elevations which correspond to granitoid intrusions have an independent source of energy and their development is prolonged and inherited, they can be singled out as a special type of morphostructures by the name of plutogenous, intrusive or granitoid ones.
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