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Meaning of metabasalt | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An amphibolite produced from a basalt by metamorphism.

Equivalents

Suomi metabasaltti

Examples

“The abundant basalt and metabasalt clasts in sandstone and conglomerate of the Jansen Creek Member were most likely derived from the locally metamorphosed basalt in the Metchosin Volcanics that crops out along the southern margin of Vancouver Island”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

metabase metabasidium metabasin metabasis metabasite metabauxite