diapir
diapir
Definition
dia·pir (dī′ə pir′)
noun
Geol. a dome formation in which the rigid top layers have been split open by pressure from an underlying plastic core
diapir
Usage Examples
Preposition: in
- group: The largest diapirs in the group are thought to have intruded to the seafloor from 500m or more beneath it.
Browse dictionary entries near diapir
- diaphysis
- diaphysial
- diaphyses
- diaphyseal
- diaphragmatically
- diaphragmatic
- diaphragm
- diaphoretic
- diaphoresis
- diaphone
- diapiric
- diapophyses
- diapophysial
- diapophysis
- diapositive
- diarchies
- diarchy
- diaries
- diarist
- diaristic
