Basalt | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-06

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Basalt


00:00:32 1 Definition
00:03:38 1.1 Etymology
00:04:34 1.2 Types
00:06:17 2 Petrology
00:08:38 2.1 Geochemistry
00:12:00 2.2 Morphology and textures
00:12:24 2.2.1 Subaerial eruptions
00:14:07 2.2.1.1 Columnar basalt
00:14:52 2.2.2 Submarine eruptions
00:15:00 2.2.2.1 Pillow basalts
00:16:33 3 Life on basaltic rocks
00:17:32 4 Distribution
00:19:13 5 Lunar and Martian basalt
00:20:57 6 Alteration of basalt
00:21:06 6.1 Metamorphism
00:21:35 6.2 Weathering
00:22:26 7 Uses
00:23:09 8 See also



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Basalt (US: , UK: ) is a mafic extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of magnesium-rich and iron-rich lava exposed at or very near the surface of a terrestrial planet or a moon. More than 90% of all volcanic rock on Earth is basalt. Basalt lava has a low viscosity, due to its low silica content, resulting in rapid lava flows that can spread over great areas before cooling and solidification. Flood basalt describes the formation in a series of lava basalt flows.