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Salt Diapirs Publications

Title Publication Year Abstract Author Series Publisher
Andrews Salt Map Diapiric and Thickly Bedded Salt in Texas 2023

This 1:1,000,000 scale map shows salt dome locations and salt bed structure in onshore Texas. The GeMS GIS database contains structure contours for both domes and bedded salt.  Source data include structure contour maps between scales of 1:2,000 and 1:24,000 published between 1925 and 2021.

 Andrews, J.R. Open-File Map Bureau of Economic Geology
Geology of Damon Mound salt dome, Texas: evidence of Oligocene to post-Pleistocene episodic diapir growth Geology of Damon Mound salt dome, Texas: evidence of Oligocene to post-Pleistocene episodic diapir growth 1988

Damon Mound salt dome, located in Brazoria County, Texas, is a shallow diaper that has salt less than 600 ft (180 m) and cap rock less than 100 ft (30 m) below the surface.

Collins, E.W. Geological Circular Bureau of Economic Geology
Natural Strain in Diapiric and Glacial Rock Salt, with Emphasis on Oakwood Dome, East Texas Natural Strain in Diapiric and Glacial Rock Salt, with Emphasis on Oakwood Dome, East Texas 1985

Structural styles in the gravity-driven, ductile flow processes of glaciers and diapirs are analyzed. When dampened by rainfall, salt glaciers flow rapidly under minute differential stress.

Jackson, M.P.A. Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology