keratophyre

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A compact porphyritic rock composed of alkali-feldspars and diopside, and possibly including quartz.
    — Among these sequences, the Early Cretaceous parts (Urutawan–Motuan) contain spilites and keratophyres within greywacke-type detritus and conglomerates (Battey 1950; Ash 1970; Hay 1975), whilst the Late Cretaceous lithologies are predominantly basalts, dolerites, and microgabbros, with minor amounts of sediment (Le Couteur 1967; Hay 1975).

词形变化

keratophyres plural

词源

International Scientific Vocabulary kerat- + -phyre; originally formed as German keratophyr
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