diapir
Noun
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A domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata (synset 109289510)
referred to in: geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocksis a type of: formation, geological formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth
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