Explore: Basaltic Mountains

surface, are basaltic; the lunar maria are plains of flood-basaltic lava flows; and basalt is a common rock on the surface of Mars. Molten basalt lava has

the base of the mountains. Later treaties moved the boundary to the top of the mountain, to include the springs. The Watchungs are basalt uplifts, geologically

Basalt on June 19, 1895, and the Town of Basalt was incorporated on August 26, 1901. The name was chosen for the basaltic rock formations on Basalt Mountain

Blue Mountains Basalts are igneous rocks occurring in the Sydney Basin in eastern Australia. This formation is up to 140 metres thick. Formed in the middle

four major categories: The Steens Basalt, Grande Ronde Basalt, the Wanapum Basalt, and the Saddle Mountains Basalt. The various lava flows have been dated

voluminous of all extrusive igneous rocks, forming enormous deposits of basaltic rock found throughout the geologic record. They are a highly distinctive

became part of the new municipality of Qeqertalik. Many of the flat basaltic mountains found on Disko Island are covered with perpetual snow. The largest

Lebombo Mountains, also called Lubombo Mountains, Rivombo Mountains (Portuguese: Montes Libombos), are an 800 km-long (500 mi), narrow range of mountains in

formed from contractional cooling of basaltic lavas. Foreke Quarry, Foreke Dachang, Cameroon Ikom Columnar Basalt in Cross River State, Nigeria Numan,

columns of trap rock. Basalt Mountain near Basalt, Colorado. The Metacomet Ridge of Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Watchung Mountains of New Jersey Devils