"salt dome" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: salt domes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} salt dome (plural salt domes)
  1. (geology) An upwelling of crystalline rock salt and its aureole of deformed sediments. Wikipedia link: salt dome Categories (topical): Geology Translations (upwelling of crystalline rock salt): saltstöpull [masculine] (Icelandic), cruinneachán salainn [masculine] (Irish), domo de sal [masculine] (Portuguese)

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