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- Hawaiite is an olivine basalt with a composition between alkali basalt and mugearite. It was first used as a name for some lavas found on the island of...
- from Terevaka united it to the larger whole. The island is dominated by hawaiite and basalt flows which are rich in iron and show affinity with igneous...
- volcanic cones and tephra deposits consist mainly of alkali basalt and hawaiite of the Big Raven Formation, although minor picrite of this formation occurs...
- rocks are of basaltic type, consisting mostly of alkaline basalts, some hawaiites, and some gabbro intrusions, especially on the islet Toopua. They come...
- ****emblages. The upper ****emblage consists of randomly oriented alkali basalt, hawaiite, trachybasalt, tristanite, mugearite, benmoreite and trachyte that are...
- rock – A volcanic rock with a composition between basalt and trachyte Hawaiite – Volcanic rock – a sodic type of trachybasalt, typically formed by ocean...
- pile of hawaiite flows that are four to eight times thicker than those of the Rainbow Range. The abnormal thicknesses of the Anahim Peak hawaiite flows...
- between 250,000 and 70–65,000 years ago. The most recent volcanic flows are hawaiites and mugearites: they are the post-shield Laupāhoehoe Volcanics, erupted...
- flows. 3 5,000–10,000 alkali basalt with minor amounts of picritic basalt, hawaiite and ankaramite 15 185 mostly southern flank and summit Spatter deposits...
- the MEVC are mafic alkali basalts and hawaiites, which comprise about 60% of the volcanic complex. MEVC hawaiites are thought to be the product of partial...