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alkali basalts

alkali basalts is the plural of alkali basalt.

Meaning of alkali basalt

Noun

alkali basalt (plural alkali basalts)

  1. 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

Questions about alkali basalts

What is alkali basalts the plural of?
Alkali basalts is the plural of alkali basalt.

Words near alkali basalts in the dictionary

  1. alkalescences
  2. alkalescency
  3. alkalescent
  4. alkali
  5. alkali basalt
  6. alkali basalts
  7. alkali bee
  8. alkali bees
  9. alkali cellulose
  10. alkali feldspar
  11. alkali feldspars

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