basaltic rock

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basaltic rock [bə′sȯl·tik ′räk]

(petrology)

Igneous rock that is fine-grained and contains basalt, diabase, and dolerite; if andesite is included the rock is dark in color.

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No references found			They also took pictures of the structures with the HiRise camera on MRO; the images show the bright domes standing out against the dark basaltic rock of the surrounding plains. Mars domes may be mud volcanoes by Asian News International 8 Nature, James Day of the University of Maryland in College Park and his colleagues describe the first meteorites discovered that are composed of a relatively light type of rock similar to those that make up the Earth's continents--rather than the dense basaltic rock that is akin to cooled lava and found in ocean crust. Meteors deliver Earth-like crust: fragments may have formed early in ... by Perkins, Sid / Science News At Giardini Naxos we turned inland towards our first destination: the "Gole di Alcantara", the Gorge of the Alcantara River which is cut from black basaltic rock. Hello from Sicily ? A Fantastic Driving Tour Around Mount Etna by Susanne Pacher / Travel, recreation and leisure community			basal groundwater basal lamina Basal Membrane basal metabolic rate Basal Metabolism basal orientation basal plane Basal Plate basal rot basal tunnel basal wall basal water table basal-cell carcinoma basal-cell epithelioma basalia basalis Basaloma Basalt basalt glass basalt obsidian basaltic dome basaltic hornblende basaltic lava Basaltic Layer basaltic magma basaltic rock basaltic shell basaltiform basaltine basaluminite Basanavicius, Jonas Basangov, Baatr Basangov, Baatr Badmaevich Basanite Basargin, Nikolai Basargin, Nikolai Vasilevich Bascarsija Nights Bascom, Henry Bidleman Bascove, Anne basculating fault bascule bascule bridge bascule leaf Base base 64 base address base alignment base analog base anchor Base and Superstructure base angle			basally Basalmic vinegar basaloid carcinoma basaloid mixed tumor basaloid mixed tumor basaloid mixed tumor basaloma basaloma basalt basalt basalt Basalt Deformation Measurement System basalt glass basalt obsidian Basalt Quality Assurance Requirements Document Basalt Regional Library District Basalt Technical Computer Systems Unit Basalt Waste Isolation Division Basalt Waste Isolation Project Basalt, Hawaiian Volcanic Observatory basaltic basaltic Basaltic Achondrite Best Initial basaltic dome Basaltic flood Basaltic flood basaltic hornblende basaltic lava Basaltic Layer basaltic magma basaltic rock basaltic shell Basaltic Volcanism Study Project Basaltiform Basaltiform basaltine Basaltoid Basalts Basalts basaltware basaluminite Basan Basanavicius, Jonas Basangov, Baatr Basangov, Baatr Badmaevich Basanite Basanite basanites basanites Basanitic Basanitic Basant Basant Agro Tech India Basant Panchami Basant Panchmi Basanti puja Basanti puja Basar Basar Basar Basar

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