basalt

Example Sentences

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The other is a blocky basalt figure of the Aztec fire deity Xiuhtecuhtli, or “Turquoise Lord.”

From Los Angeles Times

Thrastarson, a geophysics graduate student at ETH Zürich, joined a throng of sightseers on a ridge of weathered basalt 2 kilometers from the summit, and watched as globs of lava leaped out of the caldera.

From Science Magazine

After the Japanese attack 80 years ago, the Navy — concerned its aboveground fuel depots were vulnerable — carved out a massive underground facility deep into the basalt rock at Red Hill on Oahu.

From Washington Post

The state’s Ecology Department is reviewing a request to pull the same amount of water from the Spokane aquifer that Airway Heights would otherwise be using from the Columbia River basalt system.

From Seattle Times

Then it’s heated with geothermal energy and is combined with water and pumped deep underground into basalt rock formations.

From Seattle Times