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salt dome

n. Geology

An anticlinal fold with a columnar salt plug at its core.

salt dome, plug

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a domelike structure of stratified rocks containing a central core of salt: formed by the upward movement of a salt deposit

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salt dome (redirected from Salt domes)

salt dome
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