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Definition of Diapir
1. Noun. A domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata.
Definition of Diapir
1. Noun. (geology) An intrusion of a ductile rock into an overburden. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diapir
1. a bend in a layer of rock [n -S] : DIAPIRIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diapir
Literary usage of Diapir
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1885)
"... Clothe of diapir of the ... in p" middes It' a noder diapir Cloth off fyne
diapir had for the soule ..."
2. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective by Ibrahim Abed, Peter Hellyer (2001)
"A form of aeolian erosion at work chiefly in deserts. diapir, diapirism:
salt (halite) is less dense than most other rocks and is easily deformed. ..."
3. Fluid Flow Through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations by Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"Koestler, AG, Ehrmann, WE, 1987: Fractured chalk overburden of a salt diapir,
Laegerdorf, NW Germany - exposed example of a possible hydrocarbon reservoir. ..."
4. The History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the by Thomas Warton (1775)
"... and to<do this, or any work like it, was called to diapir, from whence the
participle. Sat/in of Bruges, another city of Flanders, often occurs in ..."
5. Engineering Geology Applied to the Design and Operation of Underground Coal by C. Richard Dunrud (2000)
"Differential-loading, compaction, and diapir structures G.
Diagenesis (lithification) (Leeder, 1982, p. 270-302) transforms: 1. Mud to
mudstone 2. ..."
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