terms:salt_dome
A dome that is formed by the intrusion of salt into overlying sediments. A piercement salt dome is one that has pushed up so that it penetrates the overlying sediments, leaving them truncated. Formations above the salt plug are usually arched so that they dip in all directions away from the center of the dome. See also diapir.
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