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Definition of Hypabyssal
1. Adjective. (geology of rock) that solidifies, as a minor intrusion, before reaching the Earth's surface ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypabyssal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypabyssal
Literary usage of Hypabyssal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks Under the by Alfred Harker (1908)
"... B. hypabyssal ROCKS. SOME petrologists are content to divide the igneous rocks
into two great groups, according as their structural characters indicate ..."
2. Structural and Field Geology for Students of Pure and Applied Science by James Geikie (1905)
"Plutonic or Abyssal and hypabyssal Rocks —their General Petrographical Characters.
Batholiths—Granite as a type ; phenomena along line of Junction with ..."
3. Structural and Field Geology for Students of Pure and Applied Science by James Geikie (1905)
"Plutonic or Abyssal and hypabyssal Rocks —their General Petrographical Characters.
Batholiths—Granite as a type ; phenomena along line of Junction with ..."
4. Report of Meeting by ANZAAS, ANZAAS. (1903)
"Mr. Alfred Harker, in his interesting little book, " Petrology for Students,"
adopts plutonic, hypabyssal, and volcanic as- the three primary divisions, ..."
5. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1914)
"Between the two may be found every gradation, and the term hypabyssal is ...
These terms, plutonic, hypabyssal, and volcanic, are used to describe the ..."
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