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alkalibasaltic

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Etymology

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From alkali basalt +‎ -ic.

Adjective

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alkalibasaltic (not comparable)

  1. (geology) Relating to, containing or characteristic of alkali basalt
    • 2015 July 17, “Zygomycetes in Vesicular Basanites from Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin – A New Type of Cryptoendolithic Fungi”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      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 ].