ensimatic, a. Geol.
(ɛnsaɪˈmætɪk)
[f. en-2 + simatic a.]
Originating or occurring in or on simatic material; of or pertaining to such situations or phenomena.
| 1949 [see ensialic a.]. 1973 Nature 21 Dec. 458/2 The West Philippine Basin is mesozoic or even older, or possibly represents a section of the Pacific basin isolated by the development of ensimatic island arc systems. 1984 Austral. Jrnl. Earth Sci. XXXI. 161 (heading) The association boninite low-Ti andesite-tholeiite in the Heathcote Greenstone Belt, Victoria; ensimatic setting for the early Lachlan Fold belt. |