单词 | salt plug |
释义 | > as lemmassalt plug salt plug n. an approximately cylindrical mass of salt, typically a mile in diameter and several miles deep, which has been forced upwards by subterranean pressure, distorting the overlying strata and forming a salt dome. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > intrusion > plug plug1906 salt dome1908 salt plug1952 1952 W. J. Miller Introd. Hist. Geol. (ed. 6) xxiii. 428 In southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana..oil-bearing strata are upturned around large masses or plugs of salt. 1967 M. T. Halbouty Salt Domes vi. 87/2 Oil and formation waters migrated from sediments surrounding the salt plug and were trapped in porous sections of the cap rock. < as lemmas |
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