Diapir Folds

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Diapir Folds

anticlinal, usually domelike folds characterized by the presence of a greatly deformed core (so-called piercement core) made up of older, highly mobile rocks (salt, clay). The surface of the core pierces the more gently pitching strata of the limbs of the fold.

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