alkali basalt

noun

alkali basalt

noun
1

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences An alkaline variety of basalt.

  • The largest central volcanoes (Peak Range and Springsure) occupy the 'swell' in that arc, which peters out southwards into tholeiitic and finally subsurface alkali basalt intrusives (Roma drilling results).2003, R. R. Hillis, Evolution and Dynamics of the Australian Plate, page 213:
Derived terms
alkalibasaltic

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