basaltic magma

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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magma
noun[U]
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/ˈmæɡ.mə/us
/ˈmæɡ.mə/
hot liquid rock found just below the surface of ...
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(Definition ofbasalticandmagmafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The fluid dynamics of abasalticmagmachamber replenished by influx of hot, dense, ultrabasic magma.
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Bodies of basalts can entrap carbonaceous material previously transformed due tobasalticmagmaheat.
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The andesites were probably derived frombasalticmagmaby fractional crystallization and assimilation of crustal material.
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These outstanding disequilibrium characteristics all indicate mixing of the evolving silicic magma with abasalticmagmaintruded from below.
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The gabbro and troctolite series formed from abasalticmagmain which olivine and plagioclase were early crystallizing phases and the most primitive magma formed olivine-plagioclase cumulates.
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However, whereas upward transport cannot be ruled out for the small peridotite blocks, it is considered unlikely that abasalticmagmacould have transported the large (120 m diameter) rafts.
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Plagioclase-chain networks in slowly cooledbasalticmagma.
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Basalt is also present in the outflow facies, suggesting that input ofbasalticmagmaat the base of the chamber could have triggered this eruption.
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The ultramafic series formed from a relatively more hydrousbasalticmagmain which plagioclase formed late in the crystallization sequence, and the most primitive magmas produced olivine-chromite cumulates.
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The hotspot is explosive becausebasalticmagmainteracts with groundwater in aquifers below the surface producing violent phreatomagmatic eruptions.
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Partial melting of spinel lherzolite is one of the primary sources ofbasalticmagma.
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The solubility of water is higher in rhyolite thanbasalticmagma.
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Hotbasalticmagmarises along these fractures to create passive lava eruptions.
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A brief interval of plate motion adjustment about 3.5 million years ago may have triggered the generation ofbasalticmagmaalong the descending plate edge.
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These mid-oceanic ridges are where new sea floor is constantly created through the up welling of newbasalticmagma.
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However, where hotspots occur under continental crust,basalticmagmais trapped in the less dense continental crust, which is heated and melts to form rhyolites.
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Where hotspots occur in continental regions,basalticmagmarises through the continental crust, which melts to form rhyolites.
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Hotbasalticmagmarises along these fractures to create passive lava eruptions, known as effusive eruptions.
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Many researchers have argued that anorthosites are the products ofbasalticmagma, and that mechanical removal of mafic minerals has occurred.
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This brief interval of plate motion adjustment approximately 3.5 million years ago may have triggered the generation ofbasalticmagmaalong the descending plate edge.
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