salt pillow

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salt pillow [′sȯlt ‚pil·ō]

(geology)

An embryonic salt dome rising from its source bed, still at depth.

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No references found			The offshore fields to the east are probably related to salt pillows. The Geology Of Qatar by APS Review Gas Market Trends Oil at Shaybah occurs in reefal facies of the Shuaiba formation, with the reservoir being 122m thick at a depth of 1,494m, the origin of which is similar to that of Abu Dhabi's large fields in swells developed over salt pillows triggered by deeper basement faulting. SAUDI ARABIA - Shaybah by APS Review Oil Market Trends A deep well at Zakum reached 17,370 feet and was still above the salt pillow which forms this large, low-amplitude feature whose surface area is 660 sq km. The Geology Of Abu Dhabi by APS Review Gas Market Trends			salt fingers salt flat salt flowers Salt Fork State Park salt garden salt glacier salt gland salt glaze salt grainer salt haze salt hill Salt Industry Salt Lake Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Salt Lakes salt lick Salt March Salt marsh salt mine salt mines salt of Lemery salt of sorrel salt of tartar salt pan salt pillow salt pit Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge salt plug Salt Point State Park salt polygon Salt River Salt River Bay National Historical Park & Ecological Preserve Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve Salt River valley salt screen Salt Springs State Park salt stock salt substrate salt tectonics Salt Tolerance salt velocity meter salt wall salt water salt weathering salt well Salt, Al- Salt, Natural Salt, Sir Titus salt-affected soil salt-and-pepper sand			salt mine salt mines Salt mining Salt mining Salt Model Working Group Salt Name Salt Names Salt of hartshorn salt of Lemery Salt of sorrel Salt of sorrel Salt of tartar Salt of tartar Salt of tartar salt of the earth salt of the earth salt of the earth salt of the earth Salt of tin salt out salt out salt out Salt Palace Convention Center Salt pan Salt pan Salt pans Salt pans Salt peter Salt peter Salt Pill salt pillow Salt Pit Salt Pit salt plain Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge salt plug Salt Point Sate Park Salt Point State Park Salt Point State Park Salt point state park, CA salt polygon Salt Poor Albumin salt pork Salt production Salt production Salt production Salt raker salt reed grass Salt Repository Project Office Salt Resistant Cement Salt rheum Salt rising Salt River Salt River Salt River Bay Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve Salt River Bay National Historical Park & Ecological Preserve Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve Salt River Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands

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