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ophiolitic

ophiolitic adjective: of or pertaining to sections of the oceanic crust and the subjacent upper mantle that have been uplifted or emplaced to be exposed within continental crustal rocks.

Adjective

ophiolitic (comparative more ophiolitic, superlative most ophiolitic)

  1. Of or pertaining to sections of the oceanic crust and the subjacent upper mantle that have been uplifted or emplaced to be exposed within continental crustal rocks
    • The shore of Newfoundland displays many ophiolitic deposits.

Forms of ophiolitic

comparativemore ophiolitic
superlativemost ophiolitic

Origin of ophiolitic

From ophiolite + -ic.

Questions about ophiolitic

What does ophiolitic mean?
Ophiolitic means of or pertaining to sections of the oceanic crust and the subjacent upper mantle that have been uplifted or emplaced to be exposed within continental crustal rocks.
What part of speech is ophiolitic?
Ophiolitic is an adjective.

Words near ophiolitic in the dictionary

  1. ophioleucinids
  2. ophioleucins
  3. ophiolite
  4. ophiolites
  5. ophiolithic
  6. ophiolitic
  7. ophioliticlastic
  8. ophiolitiferous
  9. ophiolitologist
  10. ophiolitologists
  11. ophiological

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