Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging or related to the magma, or to the material of which the igneous rocks are formed while this is yet in the unconsolidated or unindividualized condition.
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- adjective Pertaining to
magma ormagmatism .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The whole landscapes singing Homeric tales of undiscovered subterranean rooms, lunar urbanism, buttressed buttresses and magmatic Baroque churches.
Aurora Bibliothèque 2008
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Isotope ratios couldn't explain the magmatic content solely by way of planetoid collision and subsequent differentiation.
New Results from Stardust Mission Paint Chaotic Picture of Early Solar System | Universe Today 2010
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Inevitably, insidiously, the phrase "Dunkirk spirit" started to pollute the atmosphere like a magmatic eruption.
After the volcano: Home at last, and what a long, strange trip it was... 2010
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Data on 3-D seismic structure of the ocean crust will reveal how magmatic and hydrothermal vent processes sustain the special ecosystems and the relationship between regional plate-tectonic processes and natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, major slope failures, gas hydrate release, said Chris Barnes of the University of Victoria in British Columbia and project director of NEPTUNE Canada.
More Anti-Science Eco-Activism in British Columbia - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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Scientists have modeled this deformation as due to magmatic recharge of the Yellowstone magma chamber at a depth of ~10 km (6 miles).
Yellowstone Lake Earthquake Swarm Summary as of 8 January 2009 2009
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These non-magmatic rock fragments are found in varying abundances within ash deposits and often have a shape and texture distinctly different than glass shards.
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Scientists have modeled this deformation as due to magmatic recharge of the Yellowstone magma chamber at a depth of ~10 km (6 miles).
YVO Archived Update 2009
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Scientists have modeled this deformation as due to magmatic recharge of the Yellowstone magma chamber at a depth of ~10 km (6 miles).
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For example, volcanic eruptions range from (1) effusion of lava fountains and flows with very little ash erupted, typical of basaltic magma eruptions; to (2) extremely explosive eruptions that inject large quantities of ash high into the stratosphere, typical of rhyolite and dacite magmatic eruptions.
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The site constitutes the sediment remains of an ancient lake bed lying on deposits of 270 to 290 million year Old Red Sandstone, with crystalline magmatic primary rocks emerging under some sediments.
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