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Basaltic parent material tends to generate very fertile soils because it also provides phosphorus, along with significant amounts of iron, magnesium, and calcium.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Basaltic minerals in the mudstone are similar to those in nearby eolian deposits.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2014

Basaltic Cliffs In the meantime the days wore on, and still we saw nothing of the Windward.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Nansen, Fridtjof

I read off a few of the leading titles upon the list: Bronze Jack, the California Thoroughbred; or, The Lost City of the Basaltic Buttes.

From A Plea for Old Cap Collier by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

Basaltic Rock How far the Franz Josef Land archipelago stretches towards the north cannot as yet be determined with certainty.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Nansen, Fridtjof