Look up: syncline

1. syncline
   A fold of rock layers that is convex downwards. Antonym of anticline.
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2. Syncline
   Syn·cline' noun (Geol.) A synclinal fold.
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3. syncline
   <geology> A synclinal fold. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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4. Syncline
   • (n.) A synclinal fold.
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5. syncline
   (from the article `mountain`) ...décollement (from the French word meaning `ungluing`). The stronger layers of sedimentary rock are then folded into linear, regularly spaced ... ...Era (i.e., about 540 to 400 million years ago) and lava and tuffaceous rocks of the Paleocene Epoch (66.4 to 57.8 million years ago). The .....
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6. Syncline
   A fold in rock layers that forms a trough-like bend.
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7. Syncline
   A fold in rock in which the strata dip inward from both sides toward the axis. The opposite of anticline.
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8. Syncline
   In geology, a syncline is the dipping of the strata inwards towards the axis of an earth fold, producing a trough-shaped or basin-like arrangement of the strata. Synclines form the troughs and anticlines the arches of a series of earth folds.
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9. syncline
   Geological term for a fold in the rocks of the Earth's crust in which the layers or beds dip inwards, thus forming a trough-like structure with a sag in the middle. The opposite structure, with the beds arching upwards, is an anticline
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10. syncline
    (Gk: syn with; klino=to lean) downward fold int he rocks of Earth's crust.
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11. Syncline
    In structural geology, a `syncline` is a fold, with younger layers closer to the center of the structure. A `synclinorium` is a large syncline with superimposed smaller folds. Synclines are typically a downward fold, termed a synformal syncline (i.e. a trough); but synclines that point upwards can b...
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