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Definitions for "Salt dome"
Keywords:  diapir, dome, sedimentary, subsurface, intrudes
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A subsurface mound or dome of salt.
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A dome produced in sedimentary rock by the upward movement of a body of salt.
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a body of rock salt surrounded by layers of sedimentary rock
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Keywords:  anticline, intrusive, mass, fold, plugged
Separated fold in an anticline which is plugged up with a mass of salt.
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Large intrusive mass of salt.
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