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Definition of anticlines in English Turkish dictionary
- anticline
- yukaç
- anticline
- anticli
- anticline
- antiklinal
- anticline
- nal yukaça ait
- anticline
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Definition of anticlines in English English dictionary
- plural of anticline
- anticline
- A fold with strata sloping downwards on each side
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- - an elongated fold in sedimentary rock that resembles an arch in which rock layers slope downwards in opposite directions from the central axis (the apex of the fold)
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- A subsurface fold structure in which beds dip in opposite directions from a common ridge or axis A fold that is concave downwards See illustration in fold
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- A convex fold in bedrock
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- A fold of rock layers that is convex upwards Antonym of syncline
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- A geological term describing a fold in the earth's surface with strata sloping downward on both sides from a common crest Anticlines frequently have surface manifestations like hills, knobs, and ridges At least 80 percent of the world's oil and gas has been found in anticlines
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- An upward fold or arch of rock strata
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- An elongated fold in which the rock layers have been folded convex upward and which contains older rocks in its core
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- Arching rock fold that is closed at the top and open at bottom Oldest formation occurs in the center of an anticline
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- An arch-shaped fold, with younger strata on the outermost part of the arch
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- fold in the rocks of the Earth's crust in which the layers or beds bulge upwards to form an arch The opposite of an anticline is a syncline
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- An arch of stratified rock in which the layers bend downward in opposite directions from the crest
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- (a) [landform] A unit of folded strata that is convex upward and whose core contains the stratigraphically oldest rocks, and occurs at the earth's surface In a single anticline, beds forming the opposing limbs of the fold dip away from its axial plane Compare - monocline, syncline, fold SW & HP (b) [structural geology] A fold, at any depth, generally convex upward whose core contains the stratigraphically older rocks GG
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- An upfold or arch of stratified rock in which the beds or layers bend downward in opposite directions form the crest or axis of the fold
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- A fold in rock strata that is convex upward
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- An elevated fo1d in rock strata, such as a ridge
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- A convex fold in rock, the central part of which contains the oldest section of rock See also syncline
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- An arched fold, usually in the shape of an inverted U
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- a rock fold which is closed at the top; an upwarp in folded rock srata
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- A fold where the rocks are bent convex upward
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- A fold in layered rocks originating below the surface in the form of an elongated dome Anticlines make excellent drilling prospects since any oil in the deposit will naturally rise to the highest point of the structure because oil has a lower specific gravity than water
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- A fold that is convex upward or had such an attitude at some stage of development A geological upfold opening downward
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- fold, generally convex upward, whose core contains the stratigraphically older rocks
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- A upward-curving (convex) fold in rock that resembles an arch The central part contains the oldest section of rock syncline-->
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- A fold of rock, generally convex upward, whose core contains the stratigraphically older rocks
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- an- upward sold or arch of rock strata
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- A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal
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- {i} rock structure which descends downward on either side of a central axis (Geology)