"Basalt formations" refers to the natural creation or arrangement of rocks called basalt. These rocks are usually dark in color and formed from volcanic activity, often found in column-like structures or layered patterns.
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- The study team theorizes that as this region cooled, the rock would have cracked in geometrical patterns, like honeycomb patterns seen on Earth in basalt formations, but on a much larger scale. (sciencemag.org)
- After drilling a well in the Columbia River Basalt formation and testing its properties, the team injected CO2 into it in 2013. (sciencedaily.com)
- Scientists working at the Hellisheidi geothermal power plant near Reykjavik, Iceland, were able to pump the plant's carbon dioxide - rich volcanic gases into deep underground basalt formations, mix them with water and chemically solidify the carbon dioxide. (scientificamerican.com)
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