halokinesis
halokinesis The study of salt tectonics, which includes the mobilization and flow of subsurface salt, and the subsequent emplacement and resulting structure of salt bodies (e.g. the Mesozoic salt domes of the North Sea basin). See also HALOTECTONISM.
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