salt dome

noun

: a domical anticline in sedimentary rock that has a mass of rock salt as its core

Examples of salt dome in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Officially, county officials don't know at this point what caused the Tuesday collapse of one of a trio of salt domes at the Waukesha County Highway Operations center along Woodburn Road just east of Grandview Boulevard in Waukesha. —

Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2024 Sinkholes tend to be common in regions where soluble rocks, including salt domes and limestone, can be dissolved by groundwater, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. —

Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023 The sustained oil drilling along the salt dome over decades could have contributed to creating the sinkhole, Howe said. —

Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023 Daisetta sits on a salt dome, a natural formation created below the ground over millions of years where oil brine and natural gas accumulate. —

Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for salt dome

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