"If a diapir is outside an established plume it rises at a much slower rate," Loper says.
Source: wiktionary
Diapir
/ˈdaɪ.ə.pɪə(ɹ)/
Synonyms for "diapir" (6 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
7 entriesformationgeologic featuregeologic processgeologic structuregeological formationstructural featuretectonic process
More specific
3 entriesanhydrite diapirgypsum diapirsalt diapir
Collocations
6 entriesbuoyant diapirdiapir risediapirism processgypsum diapirsalt diapirsalt dome
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary