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piercement

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piercement [′pirsĀ·mənt]
(geology)


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The size of the Qatar Arch and the apparent lack of salt piercement structures along its axis suggest that it is not itself a halokinetic feature and that it is probably a basement uplift.
Gravity data centers this feature directly above Ruth Salt Dome, a shallow piercement type salt dome.
The Lake Washington Field was discovered in the 1930's and is located around a shallow piercement salt feature.
 
 
 
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