Diapir
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdaɪ.ə.pɪə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Diapir is a noun meaning (geology) An intrusion of a ductile rock into an overburden.
Meaning
(geology) An intrusion of a ductile rock into an overburden.
Example Sentences
"If a diapir is outside an established plume it rises at a much slower rate," Loper says.
Deeply buried deposits of sea-salt dome upwards and pass through the overlying strata, as a kind of intrusive lobe, eventually emerging at the surface – the rising tongue is called a diapir.
This final stage is characterized by the cooling and resolidification of the partially molten diapir within the mantle, slow subsidence at the surface, and greatly diminished rates of crustal addition.
Word Forms
- diapirs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dyke, diaclasis, diatreme, diap, diastem, cryptodome.
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