Definition of Geosynclinal. Meaning of Geosynclinal. Synonyms of Geosynclinal

- A geosyncline (originally called a geosynclinal) is an obsolete geological concept to explain orogens, which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th...
- The Origin of Mountains. Routledge. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-415-19890-5. "Geosynclinal Theory". publish.illinois.edu. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign...
- Mediterranean bauxite region, part of the Alpide geosynclinal belt of bauxite formation, includes geosynclinal depressions and the peripheral parts of platforms...
- of the nation: "Bahrein lies on a portion of the ancient Tethys Ocean geosynclinal belt represented today by the Persian Gulf. The formation of the prin****l...
- several sub-valleys of Kashmir Valley came into existence during the post geosynclinal stage of the development of the Himalayas. Betaab Valley lies between...
- in relatively rapid constant movement and helped to overthrow the old geosynclinal hypothesis in favour of plate tectonics. Grapes, Rodney H.; Patterson...
- explained by vertical crustal movement, described in what is called the geosynclinal theory. Generally, this was placed in the context of a contracting planet...
- Geologic map of Ivory Coast, in which the "Eburnean, geosynclinal facies" is equivalent to the Birimian....
- by Dietz and Holden from the miogeosyncline concept of the outdated geosynclinal theory. Dietz and Holden modified the term to miogeocline as the sedimentary...
- forelands move toward each other forcing the sediments of the intervening geosynclinal region to move over the forelands and forming marginal mountain ranges...