anticline
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.
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