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alkalic ‎(comparative more alkalic, superlative most alkalic)

(geology, of a rock) Containing a relatively high proportion of alkali; alkaline.
- (Can we date this quote?), Peter Morrison Vitousek, Nutrient Cycling and Limitation: Hawai'i as a Model System, ISBN 069111580X, page 12:
  This rejuvenation-stage or post-erosional volcanism produces lava even more alkalic than late-stage volcanism.