Relating to or denoting a rock texture (characteristic of trachyte) in which crystals show parallel alignment due to liquid flow.
〔地质〕粗面岩状的
Example sentencesExamples
They consist of intrusive materials (phonolitic domes, trachytic dykes, small syenitic bodies), breccias, tuffs and massive peripheral lava flows.
Influx of trachytic volcanic rock fragments in the Albian may derive from inlra-platc volcanism related to extension.
The field relationships and geochemistry is described in detail by Fumes & Lippard, who differentiated a lower body of brecciated flow-banded and ‘flow-folded’ trachytic lava, interlayered with microgabbro.
Definition of trachytic in US English:
trachytic
adjectivetrəˈkidik
Geology
Relating to or denoting a rock texture (characteristic of trachyte) in which crystals show parallel alignment due to flow in the magma.
〔地质〕粗面岩状的
Example sentencesExamples
The field relationships and geochemistry is described in detail by Fumes & Lippard, who differentiated a lower body of brecciated flow-banded and ‘flow-folded’ trachytic lava, interlayered with microgabbro.
They consist of intrusive materials (phonolitic domes, trachytic dykes, small syenitic bodies), breccias, tuffs and massive peripheral lava flows.
Influx of trachytic volcanic rock fragments in the Albian may derive from inlra-platc volcanism related to extension.