Definition of salt dome
: a domical anticline in sedimentary rock that has a mass of rock salt as its core
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Tabasco sauce has been made atop the Avery Island salt dome for more 150 years, but climate change might be the top threat to the next 150.
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Rich soil topping the salt dome fostered the growth of palmettos and ancient oaks drooping with Spanish moss.
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To continue reading this story, TRY IT NOW Last year, BP began testing a new algorithm to image under deep-sea salt domes, which distort seismic waves that companies use to map features below the earth, making oil harder to locate.
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First Known Use of salt dome
1908
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