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dyke phase

dyke phase noun: the period or event during which a dyke (a body of rock originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum that has eroded away) is formed.

Noun

dyke phase (plural dyke phases)

  1. The period or event during which a dyke (a body of rock originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum that has eroded away) is formed.
    • and I have failed to detect those similarities between the sill and dyke phase of the same magma, which may reasonably be expected on such a view.1916, Geological Society of South Africa, Transactions - Volumes 18-24, page 46
    • One of the most striking features of this igneous cycle is the remarkably well-developed dyke-phase, which in general followed, though to some extent it overlapped, the plutonic phase.1926, Frederick Henry Hatch, Alfred Kingsley Wells, The Petrology of the Igneous Rocks, page 490

Forms of dyke phase

pluraldyke phases
alternative formdyke-phase

Questions about dyke phase

What does dyke phase mean?
Dyke phase means the period or event during which a dyke (a body of rock originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum that has eroded away) is formed.
What part of speech is dyke phase?
Dyke phase is a noun.
What is the plural of dyke phase?
The plural of dyke phase is dyke phases.

Words near dyke phase in the dictionary

  1. Dykanka
  2. dyke
  3. dyke bottom
  4. dyke bottoms
  5. dyke out
  6. dyke phase
  7. dyke phases
  8. dyke road
  9. dyke roads
  10. dyke swarm
  11. dyke swarms

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