Look up: syncline

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   syncline
   A fold of rock layers that is convex downwards. Antonym of anticline.
   Found on http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gl
   
   
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   Syncline
   Syn·cline' noun (Geol.) A synclinal fold.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/265
   
   
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   syncline
   <geology> A synclinal fold. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   Syncline
   In structural geology, a `syncline` is a downward-curving fold, with layers that dip toward the center of the structure. On a geologic map, synclines are recognized by a sequence of rock layers that grow progressively younger, followed by the youngest layer at the fold's center or `hinge`, and by a reverse sequence of the same rock layers on the opposite side of the hinge. If the fold pattern is circular or elongate circular the structure is a ba...
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   Syncline
   • (n.) A synclinal fold.
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   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 .....
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/200
   
   
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   Syncline
   A fold in rock layers that forms a trough-like bend.
   Found on http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeo
   
   
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   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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