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anticline Definition

anti·cline (an′ti klīn′)

noun

Geol. a sharply arched fold of stratified rock from whose central axis the strata slope downward in opposite directions

Etymology: < anticlinal, modeled on incline, decline

anticline Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • call: Along the various layers of rock a curve down is called a syncline, a curve in an upwards is called an anticline.
  • form: The compression which formed the anticline will have been accompanied by flexural slip which would have " planed off " any bottom structures.

Adjective modifier

  • broad: A broad anticline ( NW-SE trending axis ) brings Sherwood Sandstone to surface at Whiteabbey.

Noun used with modifier

  • carbonate: The producing fields are mainly hosted in Tertiary and Cretaceous fractured carbonate anticlines, which were formed in the late Cenozoic.