Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In petrography, of or pertaining to dacite; having the mineral composition and the texture characteristic of dacite.
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- adjective Pertaining to, or composed of,
dacite .
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- adjective relating to or consisting of dacite
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Examples
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St. Lucia, and Martinique are predominantly composed of acid andesite and dacitic rocks.
Grenada 2009
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The eastern half of Guadeloupe is called Grande Terre and is composed entirely of limestone overlying older andesitic and dacitic volcanics.
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The eastern half of Guadeloupe is called Grande Terre and is composed entirely of limestone overlying older andesitic and dacitic volcanics.
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St. Lucia, Martinique, and Dominica are predominantly composed of acid andesite and dacitic rocks.
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The peaks are the degraded dacitic cores of two lava-dome volcanoes probably formed on the side of a collapsed andesitic strato-volcano.
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The andesitic-dacitic volcano was constructed within a 10-km-wide caldera.
Volcanic Activity Appears To Be Working It's Way Around The "Ring of Fire" 2008
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The eastern half of Guadeloupe is called Grande Terre and is composed entirely of limestone overlying older andesitic and dacitic volcanics.
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St. Lucia, Martinique, and Dominica are predominantly composed of acid andesite and dacitic rocks.
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St. Lucia, and Martinique are predominantly composed of acid andesite and dacitic rocks.
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Six widespread tephras ~0.1–1.0 cm thick with rhyolitic to dacitic glass and/or phenocrysts of feldspar or hornblende are preserved in the glacial lakes of Las Cajas National Park, southern Ecuador.
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