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Record 1 2000-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Petroleum Deposits
DEF

The salt core of a salt dome. It is nearly equidimensional, about one to two kilometers in diameter, and has risen through the enclosing sediments from a mother salt bed 5 to 10 kilometers below.

CONT

The formations above the salt plug are usually arched so that they dip in all directions away from the center of the dome, thus frequently forming traps for petroleum accumulations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Gisements pétrolifères
OBS

d'un dôme de sel.

Spanish

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