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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DIAPIR

From Greek diapeirainein to make holes through, pierce.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DIAPIR

diapir  [ˈdaɪəˌpɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIAPIR

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Diapir is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIAPIR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Diapir

A diapir is a type of intrusion in which a more mobile and ductily deformable material is forced into brittle overlying rocks. Depending on the tectonic environment, diapirs can range from idealized mushroom-shaped Rayleigh–Taylor-instability-type structures in regions with low tectonic stress such as in the Gulf of Mexico to narrow dikes of material that move along tectonically induced fractures in surrounding rock. The term was introduced by the Romanian geologist Ludovic Mrazek, who was the first to understand the principle of salt intrusion and plasticity. The term "diapir" may be applied to igneous structures, but it is more commonly applied to non-igneous, relatively cold materials, such as salt domes and mud diapirs. In addition to Earth-based observations, diapirism is thought to occur on Neptune's moon Triton, Jupiter's moon Europa, Saturn's moon Enceladus, and Uranus's moon Miranda. Diapirs commonly intrude vertically upward along fractures or zones of structural weakness through denser overlying rocks because of density contrast between a less dense, lower rock mass and overlying denser rocks. The density contrast manifests as a force of buoyancy.

Definition of diapir in the English dictionary

The definition of diapir in the dictionary is an anticlinal fold in which the brittle overlying rock has been pierced by material, such as salt, from beneath.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIAPIR


Apia
æˈpɪə
appear
əˈpɪə
copier
ˈkɒpɪə
cornucopia
ˌkɔːnjʊˈkəʊpɪə
disappear
ˌdɪsəˈpɪə
dystopia
dɪsˈtəʊpɪə
Ethiopia
ˌiːθɪˈəʊpɪə
happier
ˈhæpɪə
Napier
ˈneɪpɪə
Olympia
əˈlɪmpɪə
peer
pɪə
pier
pɪə
Pierre
pɪə
pompier
ˈpɒmpɪə
rapier
ˈreɪpɪə
sepia
ˈsiːpɪə
Shakespeare
ˈʃeɪkspɪə
spear
spɪə
tilapia
tɪˈlæpɪə
Utopia
juːˈtəʊpɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIAPIR

diaphragm
diaphragm pessary
diaphragmal
diaphragmatic
diaphragmatically
diaphragmatitis
diaphragmitis
diaphyseal
diaphyses
diaphysial
diaphysis
diapiric
diapirism
diapophyses
diapophysial
diapophysis
diapositive
diapsid
diapyesis
diapyetic

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIAPIR

a breath of fresh air
affair
air
casspir
chair
fair
hair
hot air
in the air
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mir
noir
pair
repair
Sapir
sir
souvenir
tapir
their
up in the air

Synonyms and antonyms of diapir in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «diapir» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIAPIR

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底辟
1,325 millions of speakers

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diapir
570 millions of speakers

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diapir
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

diapir
380 millions of speakers
ar

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diapir
280 millions of speakers

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диапир
278 millions of speakers

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diapir
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diapir
260 millions of speakers

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diapir
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Diapir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Diapirs
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ダイアピル
130 millions of speakers

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diapir
85 millions of speakers

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Diapir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điapia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

diapir
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डायपर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

diyapir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diapir
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysadu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

діапіров
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

diapir
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

diapir
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

diapir
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

diapir
10 millions of speakers
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diapir
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of diapir

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIAPIR»

The term «diapir» is normally little used and occupies the 140.139 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIAPIR» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIAPIR»

Discover the use of diapir in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to diapir and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Proposed Diapir Field lease offering, June 1984: final ...
List of Tables Summary S-l Definitions Assumed for Impact Assessment Section II II-l Resource Estimates for the Diapir Field Lease Offering (June 1984) I1-2 Diapir Field June 1984 Lease Offering Estimated Schedule of Development and ...
United States. Minerals Management Service. Alaska OCS Region, 1984
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Proposed Diapir Field Lease Offering, June 1984: Final ...
List of Tables Summary S-l Definitions Assumed for Impact Assessment Section II II-l Resource Estimates for the Diapir Field Lease Offering (June 1984) 11-2 Diapir Field June 1984 Lease Offering Estimated Schedule of Development and  ...
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Gneiss Domes in Orogeny
In the present section, we first describe the evolution of a three-dimensional circular diapir, as deduced from analogue experiments, and then use this description to extrapolate the expected strain patterns of an elliptical diapir. We then verify ...
Donna Whitney, Christian Teyssier, Christine S. Siddoway, 2004
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Salt Tectonics, Sediments and Prospectivity
G. Ian Alsop. (a) Extension & fracturing of thin roof panel Future failure surface & halokinetic sequence boundary Relative diapir inflation (bl Onlap and overlap of halokinetic sequence boundary ...
G. Ian Alsop, 2012
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Circular
the wall rocks accelerates the diapir but leads also to rapid freezing of the diapiric magma, decompression melting accelerates the diapir without rapidly consuming its thermal energy. In fact the diapir may regain some of the thermal and ...
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Fundamentals of Physical Volcanology
body of the diapir into the surrounding rock, and this process becomes ever more significant as the diapir rises because the surrounding rock is cooler at shallower depths. The heat added to the host rocks reduces their viscosity and makes the ...
Liz Parfitt, Lionel Wilson, 2009
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Tectonic Modeling: A Volume in Honor of Hans Ramberg
Figure 6. Drawing of Cardona diapir western outcrop (Muntanya de Sal). Shear zone is marked in center of diapir separating two spines. Modified from Wagner et al. ( 1 97 1 ). 1 : Cap rock and melange of salt and overburden fragments.
Hans Ramberg, Hemin A. Koyi, Neil S. Mancktelow, 2001
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New Frontiers in Dead Sea Paleoenvironmental Research
Tentative reconstruction of the elevation of Sedom diapir against the background of a curve illustrating the level of Lake Lisan. (1–2) Sedom diapir elevation was limited by Lake Lisan, which dissolved the rising salt. (2) Inundation of the Sedom  ...
Yehouda Enzel, Amotz Agnon, Mordechai Stein, 2006
9
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
This book is designed to give students a balanced and comprehensive coverage of these new advances, as well as a firm grounding in the classical aspects of igneous and metamorphic petrology.
Myron G. Best, 2013
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Salt Diapirs of the Great Kavir, Central Iran
East-southeastward view from Point C mafic hillock on dome 1 7 showing another mafic hillock (a) 400 m away, the submerged margin of the diapir (b), and , under the cloud, dome 8. Photograph by A. Gansser. %/ ^ □> f. . □ Figure 1.55.
M. P. A. Jackson, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIAPIR»

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Radar Techniques Used in Antarctica Will Scour Europa for Life …
These water pockets are thought to be formed by a buoyant upwelling of warm ice, called a "diapir," rising from the bottom of the ice toward the ... «Astrobiology News, Jun 15»
2
'Cold Snap' Occurred During Period Of Extreme Greenhouse …
To make their findings, the researchers took samples from the Arctic Fjord Glacier and the Lost Hammer diapir locality on Axel Heiberg Island. «Headlines & Global News, May 15»
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Climate Change: Ancient Warming Interrupted with Significant Cold …
This evidence came from samples of the Arctic Fjord Glacier and the Lost Hammer diapir locality on Axel Heiberg Island in Canada. There, they ... «Nature World News, May 15»
4
Echidna-1 Production Testing Success: Flows Oil At 4650 Bbl/d In …
... north-east of Kangaroo on the eastern flank of a salt diapir in a similar geological setting to the Kangaroo oil discovery. Echidna-1 intersected ... «Canada NewsWire, May 15»
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Canada's Pacific Rubiales Energy announces Echidna-1 …
The Echidna prospect is located in Block S-M-1102, approximately 20 km north-east of Kangaroo on the eastern flank of a salt diapir in a similar ... «oilbarrel.com, Apr 15»
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Karoon encounters oil at Echidna-1 well in Santos basin
The Echidna-1 exploration well is located in Block S-M-1102, on the east side of the “Emu” salt diapir complex, and tested a similar salt flank ... «WorldOil, Apr 15»
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Karoon Gas spuds Echidna-1 exploration well in Santos basin
The Echidna prospect is in exploration Block S-M-1102, approximately 20 km northeast of Kangaroo on the eastern flank of a salt diapir in a ... «WorldOil, Apr 15»
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Karoon Gas bets more on Brazil's Santos Basin
... S-M-1102, about 12 miles northeast of the Kangaroo oil field on the eastern flank of a salt diapir in a similar geological setting to Kangaroo. «Petro Global News, Apr 15»
9
Kangaroo West-1 a duster for Karoon offshore Brazil
... approximately 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Kangaroo on the eastern flank of a salt diapir in a similar geological setting to the Kangaroo oil field. «Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine, Mar 15»
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Kangaroo West-1 contains no hydrocarbons, Karoon Gas to drill …
... approximately 20 kilometres north-east of Kangaroo on the eastern flank of a salt diapir in a similar geological setting to the Kangaroo oil field ... «OilVoice, Mar 15»

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