OPHITIC

Etymology

Adjective

ophitic (comparative more ophitic, superlative most ophitic)

(geology) Describing any rock having crystals of feldspar interspersed with plates of augite.

Source: Wiktionary



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29 April 2024

SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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