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dyke phases

dyke phases is the plural of dyke phase.

Meaning of dyke phase

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

Questions about dyke phases

What is dyke phases the plural of?
Dyke phases is the plural of dyke phase.

Words near dyke phases in the dictionary

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

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