Definition of Salt dome

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Salt dome

The term 'Salt dome' as it applies to the area of energy can be defined as ' A domical arch (anticline) of sedimentary rock beneath the earth's surface in which the layers bend downward in opposite directions from the crest and that has a mass of rock salt as its core'.

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