basaltic lava

collocation in English

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basaltic
adjective
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/bəˈsɔːl.tɪk/us
/bəˈsɑːl.tɪk/
relating to or ...
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lava
noun[U]
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/ˈlɑː.və/us
/ˈlɑː.və/
hot liquid rock that comes out of the earth through a volcano, or the solid rock formed when ...
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(Definition ofbasalticandlavafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Kolbeinsey consists ofbasalticlavawith very many cracks and vesicles.
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Use of jointgrowth directions and rock textures to infer thermal regimes during solidification ofbasalticlavaflows.
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However, the eruptive component is bimodal, with small but significant amounts ofbasalticlavaassociated with sedimentary facies located at the margins of the silicic deposits.
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Pyroxene compositions and immobile element ratios suggest that the tuffs were derived from abasalticlavalike the flood basalts.
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This distribution of vents and voluminous eruptions of fluidbasalticlavausually build up a thick lava plateau rather than a single volcanic edifice.
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This crater has a slender inner wall and an interior floor that has been resurfaced bybasalticlava.
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Following the rhyolite eruption there has been a return tobasalticlavaeruptions.
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The eruption released particles ofbasalticlavainto the air, which fell back to form tuff.
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Over the past 18 million years or so, this hotspot has generated a succession of violent eruptions and less violent floods ofbasalticlava.
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Its satellite cones have been the source ofbasalticlavaflows.
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There is a small region of mare material, due tobasalticlava, along the eastern interior floor.
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This mare is an irregular region ofbasalticlavawith uneven borders.
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Later these deposits were covered bybasalticlava.
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The crater interior has been flooded withbasalticlavain the past, and the system is marked with rilles, particularly near the northern edge.
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The floor of this formation has been covered bybasalticlava.
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Basalticlavashrinks as it cools and forms vertical columns of rock called columnar basalt.
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The volcano producedbasalticlavaflows that extend to the north.
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A layer of scoria overlies thebasalticlavaflows.
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As a result, andesite lava flows typically move slower thanbasalticlavaflows and are less likely to travel far from their source.
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Locally the sections are capped by subaerialbasalticlavaflows.
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