columnar jointing
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The site includes a central uplift as well as high cliffs displaying columnar jointing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Another well-known exposed example of columnar jointing is the Giant’s Causeway in Ireland.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Cooling lava can contract into columns with semi-hexagonal cross sections called columnar jointing.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Figure 4.14 Figure 4.14 The development of columnar jointing in basalt, here seen from the top looking down.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Another characteristic of this group of rocks is the perfection with which many of them show prismatic or columnar jointing, a structure often called "basaltic jointing."
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
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