alkalibasaltic
English edit
Etymology edit
alkali basalt + -ic
Adjective edit
alkalibasaltic (not comparable)
- (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], :
- 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 ].