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Definition of a syncline in English English dictionary
- downfold
- syncline
- An long fold in which the rock layers have been folded upward
- syncline
- - an elongated fold in sedimentary rock that resembles a trench, rock layers slope upwards in opposite directions from the central axis
- syncline
- A fold in rock layers that forms a trough-like bend
- syncline
- A concave-upward fold in rock strata
- syncline
- a rock fold which is open at the top; a downwarp
- syncline
- A fold of rock layers that is convex downwards Antonym of anticline
- syncline
- A fold in layered rock in the form of a dip or bowl
- syncline
- {i} synclinal fold, fold of rock strata which slopes downwards towards a common point or line (Geology)
- syncline
- Rock layers that have been bent so that they bow downwards or fold convex side down
- syncline
- a fold in rocks in which the strata dip inward from both sides (limbs) toward the axis A fold, which is concave upward
- syncline
- A concave fold, the central part of which contains the youngest section of rock See also anticline
- syncline
- A synclinal fold
- syncline
- A concave fold in bedrock
- syncline
- A rock fold shaped like a U that is closed at the bottom and open at the top The youngest rock is at the center of a syncline
- syncline
- A fold of rock, of which the core contains the stratigraphically younger rocks, generally concave upward
- syncline
- An arched fold in the shape of a U
- syncline
- A geological downfold opening upward
- syncline
- a fold of strata forming an inverted arch
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