Definition of Tholeiites

1. Noun. (plural of tholeiite) ¹

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Definition of Tholeiites

1. tholeiite [n] - See also: tholeiite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tholeiites

tho'
tho't
thobe
thobes
thobut
thock
thof
thoft
thofts
thoght
thogoto-like viruses
thoil
thole
tholed
tholeiite
tholeiites (current term)
tholeiitic
tholemod
tholepin
tholepins
tholes
tholi
tholin
tholing
tholins
tholoi
tholos
tholus
thomaean
thomaism

Literary usage of Tholeiites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain by Archibald Geikie (1897)
"Professor Rosenbusch has extended the name of " tholeiites " to rocks of this group in ... They comprise the tholeiites, andesites and other more coarsely ..."

2. Abstracts of the Eighth International Conference on Geochronology by Marvin A. Lanphere, G. Brent Dalrymple, Brent D. Turrin (1994)
"... tholeiites (Santa Isabel) define a limited range of isotopic ... tholeiites, are composed of MORB-like lavas and lavas with arc-like isotopic and ..."

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