Definition of Rhyolitic. Meaning of Rhyolitic. Synonyms of Rhyolitic

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Definition of Rhyolitic

Rhyolitic
Rhyolite Rhy"o*lite, n. [Gr. "rei^n to flow + -lite.] (Min.) A quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal structure. -- Rhy`o*lit"ic,, a.

Meaning of Rhyolitic from wikipedia

- rock than as lava flows. Rhyolitic ash-flow tuffs are among the most voluminous of continental igneous rock formations. Rhyolitic tuff has been used extensively...
- a nodule-like rock, similar to a filled geode, that is formed within rhyolitic volcanic ash layers. Thundereggs are rough spheres, most about the size...
- Bishop Tuff is a welded tuff which formed 764,800 ± 600 years ago as a rhyolitic pyroclastic flow during the approximately six-day eruption that formed...
- aluminum, sodium, and pot****ium. It is commonly found within the margins of rhyolitic lava flows known as obsidian flows. These flows have a high content of...
- relative abundance of volatiles varies within basaltic, andesitic, and rhyolitic magma chambers, leading to some volcanoes being exceedingly more explosive...
- range in diameter from 0.30 to 4.3 meters occur within a thick layer of rhyolitic vitrophyre. Megaspherulites as large as 0.91 meter occur within rhyolite...
- Palisade Head on Lake Superior was formed from a Precambrian rhyolitic lava flow....
- composed of black or dark-colored natural volcanic gl****, usually of rhyolitic composition and bearing conchoidal fracture. Also known by the lithologic...
- of rhyolite, which is a type of volcanic rock. Although sillar is of rhyolitic composition, it has been erupted from volcanoes which mostly erupt andesite...
- by the subducted slab. Another process is magma mixing between felsic rhyolitic and mafic basaltic magmas in an intermediate reservoir before emplacement...