Upward-directed, dome-like intrusion of a lighter rock mass, e.g. salt or granite, into a denser cover. The process is termed diapirism.
Diapir
An upward-directed, dome-like intrusion of a lighter rock mass into a denser cover. See Petford and Clemens (2001) Geology Today 16, 1.
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