Which of the following best describes the composition and form of the typical felsic bedrock in the Coast Ranges of BC, highlands of Nova Scotia, or the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California?
A) basalt; dykes
B) gabbro; bysmaliths
C) andesite; laccoliths
D) granite; batholiths
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