Meaning of "tholeiite" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF THOLEIITE

tholeiite  [ˈθəʊlɪˌaɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THOLEIITE

Tholeiite is a noun.

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WHAT DOES THOLEIITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tholeiitic magma series

The tholeiitic magma series, named after the German municipality of Tholey, is one of two main magma series in igneous rocks, the other magma series being the calc-alkaline. A magma series is a series of compositions that describes the evolution of a mafic magma, which is high in magnesium and iron and produces basalt or gabbro. The International Union of Geological Sciences recommends that tholeiitic basalt be used in preference to the term "tholeiite".

Definition of tholeiite in the English dictionary

The definition of tholeiite in the dictionary is a type of igneous or volcanic rock found on the ocean floor that is rich in aluminium and similar to basalt.

TRANSLATION OF THOLEIITE

Find out the translation of tholeiite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tholeiite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tholeiite» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 拉斑玄武岩
• Translator English - Spanish: tholeiite
• English: tholeiite
• Translator English - Hindi: tholeiite
• Translator English - Arabic: tholeiite
• Translator English - Russian: толеит
• Translator English - Portuguese: rochas de filiação toleítica
• Translator English - Bengali: tholeiite
• Translator English - French: tholéiite
• Translator English - Malay: Tholeiite
• Translator English - German: tholeiite
• Translator English - Japanese: ソレアイト
• Translator English - Korean: tholeiite
• Translator English - Javanese: Tholeiite
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tholeiite
• Translator English - Tamil: tholeiite
• Translator English - Marathi: थायलियट
• Translator English - Turkish: toleit
• Translator English - Italian: tholeiite
• Translator English - Polish: tholeiite
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Толі
• Translator English - Romanian: tholeiite
• Translator English - Greek: tholeiite
• Translator English - Afrikaans: tholeiite
• Translator English - Swedish: tholeiite
• Translator English - Norwegian: tholeiite

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THOLEIITE»

Discover the use of tholeiite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tholeiite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

(L35/234473) P45792 - Lava flow, a) Quarry, Eyre River. b) (L35/3Q5686) P45796-Dikelm, Hypersthene hawaiite Olivine basalt Quartz tholeiite Olivine tholeiite Ol, PI - Pl, Cpx, Ol, Fresh, dyktitaxitic, Gl-mesostasis, hypohaline, intersertal. Dm Ol ...

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Precambrian Geology of Finland

... 291, 299, 323 Tempestitic, 305, 306, 329, 330 Tersk (granulite) terrane, 175, 487, 494, 496, 500, 501 Tertiary, 567, 586 Tetraferriphlogopite, 610, 612, 614, 616, 618, 623, 626, 627 Thermochronometry, titanite-rutile, 513 Tholeiite, 15, 29, 40, ...

Martti Lehtinen, Pekka A. Nurmi, O.T. Ramo, 2005

Handbook of Stable Isotope Analytical Techniques

Qtz-vein Qtz Alkali basalt BABB BABB Basanite MORB MORB MORB MORB MORB MORB OIB OIB Tholeiite Tholeiite Tholeiite Tholeiite Tholeiite Tholeiite Tholeiite Tholeiite Tholeiite Tholeiite Tholeiite Tholeiite Tholeiite Trans basalt ...

Pier A. de Groot, 2004

Tectonics of the Coast Mountains, Southeastern Alaska and ...

1000 CO DC o o o 100 10 (A) Amphibolite eastern Taku terrane Indonesian calc- alkaline basalts SWBC fore-arc tholeiitic basalts 0.1 0.01 1000 100 (C) Greenstone Gravina belt Island-arc tholeiite Calc-alkaline basalt Shoshonite Puna ...

Harold Hilton Stowell, William C. McClelland, 2000

The Earth's Crust and Upper Mantle

This is a striking contrast to the basaltic rocks of the circum-Pacific volcanoes, where high-alumina basalt (A1203 > 16.5%) is present as a group intermediate between comparatively alkali-poor tholeiite (A1203 about 15%) and alkali olivine  ...

Pembroke J. Hart, 1971

Igneous Petrology: Proceedings of the 30th International ...

of the Sr, Nd and Pb systems and particularly the very high content of incompatible elements and radioactive Sr. The Eogene tholeiite association, including olivine tholeiite, tholeiite and quartz tholeiite, represents the moderately enriched ...

Li Zhaonai, Jianzhong Qi, Zhaochong Zhang, 1998

Petrology (igneous and Metamorphic Rocks).

The densities of melts of primary tholeiite compositions (OT1 and OT2), a magnesian tholeiite in the Izu region (T) and Columbia River tholeiitic basalt (CB) are distinctly higher than those of three alkali basalts. The density of melt of the Izu ...

‎1984

Dyke Swarms: Keys for Geodynamic Interpretation: Keys for ...

Earlier attempts to date the Uauá dykes by the U-Pb technique on zircon grains have not succeeded owing to zircon inheritance from the basement. For this reason, whole-rock Sm-Nd isotope data were obtained for both NE-trending tholeiite ...

Rajesh Srivastava, 2011

Geological Survey Professional Paper

ELASTICITY AND CONTRACTANCY OF HAWAIIAN OLIVINE THOLEIITE AND ITS ROLE IN THE STABILITY AND STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF SUBCALDERA MAGMA RESERVOIRS AND RIFT SYSTEMS By Michael P. Ryan FlCiURF.

Geological Survey (U.S.), 1987

Ophiolites in Earth History

Sample: BM591 BM09BT1 BM23BT2 BM25BT3 BM10SY BM07SG1 BM08SG2 BM21SG3 BM24SG4 BM22SG6 BM29SG5 Rock type: tholeiile tholeiite tholeiite tholeiite tholeiite tholeiite tholeiite alkali-basalt tholeiite tholeiite tholeiite wt% Si02 ...

Yildirim Dilek, Paul T. Robinson, 2003