(chiefly of geological features) having the form of a dome.
(主要指地质特征)穹状的
continental plates also give rise to domal uplifts
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These events were preceded by plume-related domal uplift.
They are also commonly associated with large domal uplifts and have an underlying lithosphere that, like mid-ocean ridges, is abnormally thin, and invaded by low-velocity, high-temperature material.
The shelf sinters are domal and resemble stromatolites.
The slurry of fluid plus grains is then ‘erupted’ at the sediment-water interface, forming domal structures akin to volcanoes.
The Helland-Hansen Arch (formerly referred to as the Molde High) is one of the largest domal features.