ドレライト

noun

dolerite; diabase

Geological term for a medium-grained mafic intrusive rock, also known as diabase. Used in petrology and geology.

See also: 粗粒玄武岩 · 輝緑岩

• ドレライトは玄げん武ぶ岩がんに似にた火か成せい岩がんです。

  Dolerite is an igneous rock similar to basalt.

• この地ち域いきの地ち質しつは主おもにドレライトで構こう成せいされています。

  The geology of this area is mainly composed of dolerite.