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n. - A domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata.

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  • This diapir was about fifteen klicks across and rising rapidly as it approached the surface cap.
  • In a few minutes the diapir itself would mush into the thick cap ice, flow upward through fissures, lenticulae and leads, and bubble slush ice in a fountain a hundred...
  • Mahnmut set his course to the nearest diapir rising to a lead and added five more knots just to be safe, if there was such a thing as safety within tentacle range of a...
  • If it worked right, he would exit the south side of the diapir half a klick before glob impact with the ice and accelerate straight ahead, doing an emergency surface...
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