- plug dome
- A volcanic dome characterized by an upheaved, consolidated conduit filling.GG
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plug dome
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plug dome — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY The steep sided, rounded mound formed when viscous lava wells up into a crater and is too stiff to flow away. It piles up as a dome shaped mass, often completely filling the vent from which it emerged … Glossary of volcanic terms
Core plug — A core plug that has been corroded from improper engine maintenance. Core plugs, sometimes wrongly called freeze plugs or frost plugs, are plugs that fill the core holes found on water cooled internal combustion engines. The sand casting cores… … Wikipedia
salt dome — Geol. a domelike rock structure that is formed beneath the earth s surface by the upward movement of a mass of salt, may reach thousands of feet in vertical extent, and is more or less circular in plan: often associated with oil and gas pools. Cf … Universalium
salt plug — noun : a body of rock salt; specifically : the core of a salt dome * * * salt plug see salt dome above. • • • Main Entry: ↑salt … Useful english dictionary
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salt dome — /ˈsɒlt doʊm/ (say solt dohm) noun (in sedimentary rocks) a domelike anticline having a core of rock salt which was forced upwards from an underlying bed of salt when in the plastic state under pressure. Also, salt plug …
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