Basaltic a. : Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava.

Example:
Which is denser, the granite rock of the continents or the Basaltic rock of the ocean floors? Which extends de

Taxonomy
basalt, composition, wt, rocks, Columnar basalt, eruptions, Pillow basalts, alkali, lava flows, MORB, minerals, bacteria, lava, olivine, alumina, pillow, textures, continental flood basalts.

Defination from the web:
Basaltic cinders are often red, coloured by oxidized iron from weathered iron-rich minerals such as pyroxene. ... Basaltic tuff or pyroclastic rocks are rare but not unknown. ... The dark areas visible on Earth's moon, the lunar maria, are plains of flood basaltic lava flows. ...