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Meaning of "basalt flows"

basalt flows: Refers to the movement and accumulation of basaltic lava. Basalt flows typically occur during volcanic eruptions when molten basalt magma is expelled onto the surface of the Earth and cools to form solid rock

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It is known as tiny particles in basalt flows and syenite.
Minor basalt flows occur within the Arkose Ridge Formation.
The amphibolites may represent metamorphosed submarine basalt flows.
Stilbite is sometimes found in older basalt flows elsewhere in the province.
Flood basalt describes the formation in a series of lava basalt flows.
They are found in certain basalt flows in Lake County and Harney County.
Much older metamorphic rocks lie under the more recent basalt flows.
Long, thin basalt flows with pahoehoe surfaces are common.
These magnetic properties are very similar to those of Recent Icelandic basalt flows.
Columbia River basalt flows.
Six horizontal basalt flows of presumed Paleocene age were sampled near Cape Dyer, Baffin Island.
The Columbia River Plateau was created by a series of basalt flows.
For instance, a series of basalt flows are assumed to be related to one another.
Peridot is named for the mineral peridot, found in basalt flows nearby.
However, young unbroken basalt flows show that the fault has not been active recently.

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Glaciation has stripped off an unknown volume of the flat-lying basalt flows.

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