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Any of a series of igneous rocks that are similar in composition to basalt, but are richer in silica and iron and poorer in aluminum than basalt is. Tholeiites form especially at mid-ocean ridges and in continental rift areas.

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No references found			Arc-related calc-alkalic and tholeiitic basalts typically show moderate degrees of light rare-earth-element (LREE) enrichment, and flat heavy rare-earth-element (HREE) profiles, indicating an origin in a shallow (spinel lherzolite) mantle. Igneous rock associations 8. Arc magmatism II: geochemical and ... by Murphy, J. Brendan / Geoscience Canada Gold occurs as free gold in quartz veining and stock works in altered ultra mafics and in gold associated with pyrite in altered tholeiitic basalts. Apollo Gold Reports Fourth Quarter and 2004 Results by Business Wire 74 Ga--deposition of sequences of tholeiitic basalt, komatiite, felsic turf, iron formation, and abundant clastic sedimentary rocks, accompanied by the emplacement of voluminous, synvolcanic tonalite-trondhjemite plutonic suites and coeval deformation. Government geoscience stimulates mineral exploration in the superior ... by Simard, Martin / Geoscience Canada			Thistle bird thistle butterfly Thistle cock Thistle crown Thistle finch Thistle funnel thistledown thistlelike thistly thither thitherto thitherward Thitsee thixophobia thixotropic thixotropy Thlaspi Thlaspi arvense Thlipsis ThM tho tho' thole thole pin tholeiite Tholeiitic basalt tholepin tholos Thomaean Thomas Thomas a Becket Thomas a Kempis Thomas à Kempis Thomas Alva Edison Thomas Aquinas Thomas Augustus Watson Thomas Babington Macaulay Thomas Bayes Thomas Becket Thomas Bowdler Thomas Bradley Thomas Carew Thomas Carlyle Thomas Chippendale Thomas Clayton Wolfe Thomas Crawford Thomas De Quincey Thomas Decker Thomas Dekker Thomas Edison Thomas Edward Lawrence			Thoery of management philosophy Thoery of management philosophy Thoery of management philosophy THOF Thog THOH THOHAH Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment Programme THOI Thojib I. Suharto Thojib I. Suharto Thojib N.J. Suharto Thojib N.J. Suharto Thojib NJ Suharto Thojib NJ Suharto Thokoly, Imre Thököly, Imre THOL thole thole thole pin thole pin thole pins thole pins tholed tholed Tholeiite Tholeiite Tholeiitic Tholeiitic Tholeiitic basalt tholepin tholepin tholes tholes Tholi Tholian web tholing tholing Tholobate tholoi tholoi tholos tholos Tholos tomb Tholus Tholus Thom Thom Gunn Thom Leadership Education Center Thom Mayne Thom Mayne Thom's Place State Marine Park Thoma cavitation coefficient Thoma pipette Thoma's ampulla Thoma, Hans Thoma, Ludwig Thoma-Zeiss counting chamber Thoma-Zeiss counting chamber Thoma-Zeiss counting chamber

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