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Diapir - Wikipedia

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Diapir - Wikipedia
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A diapir (; from French diapir [djapiʁ], from Ancient Greek διαπειραίνω (diapeiraínō) 'to pierce through') is a type of intrusion in which a more mobile and ductilely deformable material is forced into brittle overlying rocks.
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