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dyke-swarm

dyke-swarm is the alternative form of dyke swarm.

Meaning of dyke swarm

Noun

dyke swarm (plural dyke swarms)

  1. A large geological structure consisting of a major group of parallel, linear, or radially oriented magmatic dykes intruded within continental crust or central volcanoes in rift zones.

Forms of dyke-swarm

pluraldyke-swarms

Questions about dyke-swarm

What is dyke-swarm the alternative form of?
Dyke-swarm is the alternative form of dyke swarm.

Words near dyke-swarm in the dictionary

  1. dyke-backs
  2. dyke-phase
  3. dyke-phases
  4. dyke-rock
  5. dyke-rocks
  6. dyke-swarm
  7. dyke-swarms
  8. Dykebar
  9. dyked
  10. dyked out
  11. dyked up

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