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diapir: Meaning and Definition of
di•a•pir
Pronunciation: (dī'u-pēr"), [key]
— n. Geol.
- a dome, or anticline, the upper regions of which have been ruptured and penetrated by material squeezed up from below. Cf. plume (def. 10),
See also:
- diapir (Thesaurus)
