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diapir::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | formation, geological formation |
Examples of diapir
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We can see that a series of pulses pushed the diapir up over millions of years.
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The ancient diapir at Enorama formed an island in shallow seas, buoyed up by salt.
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Part of the solution is explained as coming from the diapir in the south area.
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In geological terms, a diapir is a mobile core containing minerals of low density such as salt.
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A row of reefs now stands along the edge of the diapir.
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The implication is that the ice is too thin to support the convective diapir model of feature formation.
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Of these two mechanisms, Stokes diapir was favoured for many years in the absence of a reasonable alternative.
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For the geological term, see diapir.
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The outcrop is unusual in that all the reefs have been tilted on their sides by the diapir, which continued to move long after the reefs were deposited.
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- A domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata
- A diapir (French, from Greek diapeirein, to pierce through) is a type of intrusion in which a more mobile and ductily-deformable material is forced into brittle overlying rocks. ...
- Forceful, upward intrusion of a rock mass into overlying rock. In the case of an igneous diapir, the intruding rock may be magma or a crystal-rich mush, either of which is less dense than the surrounding rock.
- A dome or fold created by the upward intrusion of a lighter mass into a denser, crustal rock. The most common diapiric structures on Earth have cores of salt and are called salt domes.
