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Definition of Dykes
1. dyke [v] - See also: dyke
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dykes
Literary usage of Dykes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1903)
"Although the later intrusion may traverse the earlier igneous mass in any irregular
manner, it has been observed among the Inner Hebrides, where dykes of ..."
2. The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain by Archibald Geikie (1897)
"CHAPTER XXXV THE SYSTEM OF dykes- continued Direction—Termination upward—Known
vertical Extension—Evidence as to the movement of the Molten Rock in the ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1890)
"The present paper is the result of a more critical investigation of the same
dykes, with others since discovered, having special reference to the ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1856)
"Remarks on certain Trap dykes in Arran. By Professor PHILLIPS, MA, FRS The author
exhibited maps and sections of the trap dykes between ..."
5. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1906)
"The dykes, which are all basic compounds, belong to two different periods.
The newer basic dykes have a general north-cast and south-west strike, ..."
6. Lake Superior: Its Physical Character, Vegetation, and Animals, Compared by Louis Agassiz, James Elliot Cabot (1850)
"And the nature of the rock of these dykes differs widely from the last, ...
So we have here six distinct systems of dykes, which contribute mainly to the ..."
7. Bulletin (1914)
"GREEN dykes Among the oldest intrusives are the various, ... The McFarlane
shaft (Copper Queen Claim) is being sunk in one of these serpentine dykes. ..."
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