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Banakite
Mining; General mining
A basaltic rock composed of olivine and clinopyroxene phenocrysts in a groundmass of labradorite with alkali feldspar rims, olivine, clinopyroxene, some leucite, and possibly quartz. Banakite grades ...
Baseleveled plain
Mining; General mining
A baseleveled surface is any land surface, however small, that has been brought approx. to a baselevel, either general or local, by the process of gradation. When such a surface has considerable ...
Multiple-vent basalt
Mining; General mining
A basaltic accumulation of smaller size than the plateau or flood basalts, arising from the confluence of lava flows from a large number of small, closely spaced volcanoes. Compare: plateau basalt.
Peneplain
Mining; General mining
A baseleveled surface is any land surface, however small, that has been brought approx. to a baselevel, either general or local, by the process of gradation. When such a surface has considerable ...
Shield basalt
Mining; General mining
A basaltic accumulation of smaller size than the plateau or flood basalts, arising from the confluence of lava flows from a large number of small, closely spaced volcanoes. Compare: plateau basalt.
Chart
Mining; General mining
A base map conveying information about something other than the purely geographic; also, a special-purpose map; esp. one designed for purposes of navigation, such as a hydrographic chart or a ...
