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  • noun Plural form of diapir.

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Examples

  • You're looking at brine pools formed by salt diapirs.

    Robert Ballard on exploring the oceans Robert Ballard 2008

  • You're looking at brine pools formed by salt diapirs.

    Robert Ballard on exploring the oceans Robert Ballard 2008

  • You're looking at brine pools formed by salt diapirs.

    Robert Ballard on exploring the oceans Robert Ballard 2008

  • This close to Chaos Central there would have to be diapirs, and kraken hated diapirs.

    Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

  • Kraken did not like the electrolytic properties of diapirs.

    Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

  • But Mr Monegato and his colleagues say the known geology of the region - along with other features of the structure (for example, no known salt diapirs reach such a great size) - appear to rule out such explanations.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • Single-well mechanical earth models were incorporated into Petrel workflow processes to capture the complex stresses and heterogeneities associated with the salt diapirs around the Mittelplate reservoir.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • The diapirs generally are associated with anticlines, and in many areas pierce the structure at the plunging end or on the flanks.

    neo-resistance Naj 2009

  • Single-well mechanical earth models were incorporated into Petrel workflow processes to capture the complex stresses and heterogeneities associated with the salt diapirs around the Mittelplate reservoir.

    StreetInsider.com News Articles 2009

  • Single-well mechanical earth models were incorporated into Petrel workflow processes to capture the complex stresses and heterogeneities associated with the salt diapirs around the Mittelplate reservoir.

    Latest News from SYS-CON MEDIA 2009

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