Salt dome

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A salt dome is a type of structural dome formed when rock salt (or other evaporite minerals) pushes into overlying rocks in a process known as diapirism. Salt domes can have unique surface and subsurface structures, and they can be discovered using techniques such as seismic reflection.

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