Usually means: Geological formation intruding through overburden.
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  1. diapir: Merriam-Webster
  2. diapir: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diapir: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. diapir: Collins English Dictionary
  5. diapir: Vocabulary.com
  6. diapir: Wiktionary
  7. diapir: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. diapir: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. diapir: Dictionary.com
  10. Diapir: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  12. diapir: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. diapir: Encyclopedia

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  1. diapir: Dictionary of Geology

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  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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noun:  (geology) An intrusion of a ductile rock into an overburden.

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