alkalibasaltic en · ADJ
Etymology
From alkali basalt + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Relating to, containing or characteristic of alkali basalt
Vesteris Seamount is composed of highly alkaline lavas of alkalibasaltic to basanitic/tephritic compositions, consistent with small extents of mantle melting due to great lithospheric thickness [17 ].
2015 July 17, “Zygomycetes in Vesicular Basanites from Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin – A New Type of Cryptoendolithic Fungi”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: