kimberlite pipe

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

(geology) A natural volcanic pipe composed of kimberlite, by which geological matter from deep within the Earth can be projected violently to the surface.

日本語の意味

キンバーライトからなる自然の火山性パイプ。地球の深部からの地質学的物質が激しく噴出する管状構造を指す。

英語の意味

(geology) A natural volcanic pipe composed of kimberlite, by which geological matter from deep within the Earth can be projected violently to the surface.

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Geologists discovered a new kimberlite pipe that may contain diamonds brought up from the mantle.

地質学者たちは、新たなキンバライト火道を発見し、それがマントル深部から運ばれてきたダイヤモンドを含んでいる可能性がある。

詳細

意味（1）

(geology) A natural volcanic pipe composed of kimberlite, by which geological matter from deep within the Earth can be projected violently to the surface.

Because they come up from such depths – up to 200 kilometres down – kimberlite pipes bring up all kinds of things not normally found on or near the surface: a rock called peridotite, crystals of olivine and – just occasionally, in about one pipe in a hundred – diamonds.

詳細

kimberlite pipes （ plural ）