Dikes and sills are tabular intrusive igneous bodies. These rocks can be interpreted using rules we've already learned because plane or tab shaped bodies form predictable patterns.

Dike near Fountain Hills, Arizona 

Sill (dark band) in Salt River Canyon, Arizona  

 

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