Definition of Tholeiite. Meaning of Tholeiite. Synonyms of Tholeiite

- and rhyolite. The variety of basalt in the series was originally called tholeiite but the International Union of Geological Sciences recommends that tholeiitic...
- volcanic cones are composed primarily of alkali olivine basalts, olivine tholeiite, and basanite. "Kookooligit Mountains". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian...
- Most of the moais in Easter Island are carved out of tholeiite basalt tuff....
- fed lava to the surface. Flood basalts are most often quartz tholeiites. Olivine tholeiite (the characteristic rock of mid-ocean ridges) occurs less commonly...
- magmas (wt%) Magma composition H2O concentration wt % MORB (tholeiites) 0.1 – 0.2 Island tholeiite 0.3 – 0.6 Alkali basalts 0.8 – 1.5 Volcanic arc basalts...
- in the ****anese island arc system where the volcanic rocks change from tholeiite—calc-alkaline—alkaline with increasing distance from the trench. Some...
- Rajmahal volcanics are predominantly tholeiitic basalt, quartz tholeiite, olivine tholeiite and alkali basalt. The Intertrappean Beds are composed of sedimentary...
- -74837483 BCE 9433 8 cm (3.1 in) - Lake Lögurinn core. Possibly in Snæfell core. Tholeiite basalt G9410 tephra in Torfdalsvatn core dated at 9410 ± 340 BP. -75367536 BCE...
- in the ****anese island arc system where the volcanic rocks change from tholeiite—calc-alkaline—alkaline with increasing distance from the trench. Several...
- has distributed volcanic series where the volcanic rocks change from tholeiite—calc-alkaline—alkaline with increasing distance from the trench. The geologic...