Salt dome

Astronaut photography of Jashak salt dome (the white area in the middle) in the Zagros Mountains in Bushehr Province, Iran
Salt dome in Fars Province, Iran

A salt dome is a type of structural dome formed when salt (or other evaporite minerals) intrudes 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. They are important in petroleum geology as they can function as petroleum traps.


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