In structural geology, a syncline is a fold with younger layers closer to the center of the structure. A synclinorium (plural synclinoriums or synclinoria) 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, or perched, can be f...
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downward fold in geology
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• (n.) A synclinal fold.
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(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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A fold in rock in which the strata dip inward from both sides toward the axis. The opposite of anticline.
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A convex-downward fold in which the strata have been bent to form a trough; the strata on either side of the core of the trough are inclined in opposite directions toward the axis of the fold; the core area of the fold contains the youngest rocks. (see also Anticline).
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A concave fold, the central part of which contains the youngest section of rock. See also anticline.
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A large fold whose limbs are higher than its center
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Syn·cline' noun (Geol.) A synclinal fold.
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A fold in which the limbs dip toward the axis. After erosion, the youngest beds are exposed in the central core of the fold.
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A fold in rock layers that forms a trough-like bend.
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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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A downward fold in the crustal rocks, See anticline.
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A fold in rock in which the strata dip inward from both sides toward the axis. The opposite of anticline.
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A fold of rock layers with a convex side toward the Earth; a fold with the youngest strata in the center. Antonym of anticline.
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(Gk: syn with; klino=to lean) downward fold int he rocks of Earth's crust.
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A fold of rock layers that is convex downwards. Antonym of anticline.
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A fold of rock layers that is convex downwards. Antonym of anticline.
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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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A fold that is convex downward, or that had such an attitude at some stage in its development. compare anticline.
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A down-arching fold in bedded rocks.
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A downward fold of sedimentary rock put under pressure by Earth movements. (See anticline)
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a synclinal fold.
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