dyke-phase

A form of dyke phase — The period or event during which a dyke (a body of rock originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum that has eroded away) is formed.

Meanings

noundyke-phase (plural dyke-phases)

plural dyke-phases

  1. alternativeAlternative form of dyke phase.
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