Salt dome
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A salt dome is a type of structural dome formed when salt intrudes into overlying rocks in a process known as diapirism. Salt domes can have unique surface and subsurface structures, and they can be d
Astronaut photography of Jashak salt dome (the white area in the middle) in the Zagros Mountains in Bushehr province, Iran
Salt dome in Fars province, Iran
Diagram showing formation of salt domes
End-on view of emergent Onion Creek salt dome between remnants of displaced overburden
Hormuz Formation
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The Hormuz Formation, Hormuz Series, Hormuz Evaporites or Hormuz Group is a sequence of evaporites that were deposited during the Ediacaran to Early Cambrian, a period previously referred to as the In
Salt glaciers (dark grey areas) derived from Hormuz halites, extruding from anticlinal crests in the Zagros Mountains of southern Iran