DIAPIR


Meaning of DIAPIR in English

[di.a.pir] n [F, prob. fr. Gk diapeirein to drive through, fr. dia- + peirein to pierce; akin to Gk poros passage--more at fare] (1918): an anticlinal fold in which a mobile core has broken through brittle overlying rocks -- di.a.pir.ic adj

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