Lexic.us

Definition of Basaltic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or containing basalt. "Basaltic magma is fluid"

Definition of Basaltic

1. a. Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava.

Definition of Basaltic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to basalt. ¹

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Definition of Basaltic

1. basalt [adj] - See also: basalt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basaltic

Literary usage of Basaltic

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

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"On some basaltic Formations in Northumberland. By WILLIAM SYDNEY GIBSON, ... In the western part of the county, the basaltic crags are associated with that ..."

2. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"In numberless cases, and particularly in the basaltic-plateau regions, ... As indicated in Chapter III, basaltic magma is the only one represented in all ..."

3. Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America by Charles Darwin (1897)
"Nearly the entire circumference is covered up by black and rugged streams of basaltic lava, with here and there a hill or single point of rock (one of which ..."

4. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1859)
"They are situated on the declivities of basaltic mountains, and may often be traced for considerable distances along the valleys. These declivities are in ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"Inquiry into the Consistency of Dr. Hutton's Theory of the Earth, with the arrangement of the Strata on the basaltic Coast of Antrim,' Dublin, 1803, 4to; ..."

6. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1906)
"Reviewing the whole of the evidence, I am inclined to believe that artesian water may be obtained in any part of the Argyle basaltic area where the surface ..."

7. An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1839)
"basaltic Dyke at the Clee Hills, in Shropshire.—On interstratified Basalt. ... Remarkable basaltic Districts in Europe and America.—Experiments on Basalt. ..."

8. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1903)
"There is lastly my own idea of basaltic plateaux incrusted by reefs. ... basaltic flows, in places covered by submarine deposits, form the low plains at its ..."

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