basaltic
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7.4
- adjective
- /bəˈsɔltɪk/
- Specialized
- The dark, basaltic rock was formed from ancient volcanic eruptions millions of years ago.
- basaltic magma
- basaltic rock
Examples
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Exposed portions of the rock are much darker in color, reminiscent of terrestrial basaltic rock, which forms in volcanoes.
Academic text (1994) -
Basaltic lavas associated with the tectonic plate convergence of Africa and Europe are similar in magmatic chemistry.
Academic text (1994) -
These upland areas are part of the Black Rock Plateau and are dominated by basaltic rock.
Academic text (2017) -
Basaltic lava flowed over the land.
Fiction book (2002) -
These regions experience shallow earthquakes and quiet basaltic volcanism.
Academic text (1995) -
Like many basaltic volcanic peaks, it is a mecca for sea creatures.
Academic text (1995) -
If the inland rock is basaltic, as it is on the Columbia River plateau, the sand the river carries to beaches is dark and fine.
Academic text (1998) -
A few years before we got together, Beverly had built this small round house in the center of 20 hilly acres of rock-strewn basaltic land.
Fiction book (2001) -
That magma is hot enough to partially melt surrounding rocks of the lower crust, which are also of basaltic composition.
Academic text (2002) -
His eyes roamed over the landscape, taking in every detail: the columnar basaltic escarpment a mile away, the double-throated volcanic plug, the unusual outcropping of sedimentary rock.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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7.4
Rock like granite that forms when hot, melted rock cools
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4.1
Rock formed when lava or ash from a volcano cools
How Silica-rich
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Basaltic comes from the name of the rock basalt, which itself comes from an old Greek word for a very hard stone once used as a 'touchstone'. So basaltic means 'made of or like basalt', the dark volcanic rock you find in lava flows and cliffs.