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keratophyres

keratophyres is the plural of keratophyre.

Meaning of keratophyre

Noun

keratophyre (plural keratophyres)

  1. A compact porphyritic rock composed of alkali-feldspars and diopside, and possibly including quartz.
    • Among these sequences, the Early Cretaceous parts (Urutawan–Motuan) contain spilites and keratophyres within greywacke-type detritus and conglomerates (Battey 1950; Ash 1970; Hay 1975), whilst the Late Cretaceous lithologies are predominantly basalts, dolerites, and microgabbros, with minor amounts...1982 November 26, R. N. Brothers, M. Delaloye, “Obducted ophiolites of North Island, New Zealand: origin, age, emplacement and tectonic implications for Tertiary and Quaternary volcanicity”, in New...

Questions about keratophyres

What is keratophyres the plural of?
Keratophyres is the plural of keratophyre.

Words near keratophyres in the dictionary

  1. keratophagous
  2. keratophagy
  3. keratophakic
  4. keratophilic
  5. keratophyre
  6. keratophyres
  7. keratophyte
  8. keratophytes
  9. keratopigmentation
  10. keratoplasia
  11. keratoplastic

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