dolerite in a sentence
Examples
- The Jersey Main Dyke Swarm consists of dolerite dykes intruded into the South East Igneous complex.
- Sediments are up to 500 meters thick, with the lowest layers consisting of dolerite boulders.
- The lions are made from dolerite.
- They were quarrying for Dhustone ( Dolerite ), a very hard and challenging material to extract.
- These hoppers were used to store crushed dolerite before shipment and are now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
- Neo-granite, dolerite, and quartz in intrusive forms are also found in the district.
- After the end of the Carboniferous period, an intrusion of quartz dolerite formed the Whin Sill.
- Rifting that opened the South China Sea around 40 Ma may be connected with some dolerite intrusions.
- Those found at Nippur by Dr . Hilprecht dating from 2000 B . C . were in dolerite.
- The building was designed by Danish architect Ferdinand Meldahl and built using hewn dolerite during 1880 to 1881.