Definition of Syncline. Meaning of Syncline. Synonyms of Syncline

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Definition of Syncline

Syncline
Syncline Syn*cline", n. (Geol.) A synclinal fold.

Meaning of Syncline from wikipedia

- geology, a syncline is a fold with younger layers closer to the center of the structure, whereas an anticline is the inverse of a syncline. A synclinorium...
- The Southland Syncline is a major geological structure located in the Southland Region of New Zealand's South Island. The syncline folds the Mesozoic greywackes...
- The Micheldever Syncline is one of a series of parallel east-west trending folds in the Cretaceous chalk of Hampshire. It lies at the western end of the...
- The Prüm Syncline, Prüm Limestone Basin (German: Prümer Kalkmulde) or Prüm Basin (Prümer Mulde) is a landscape unit of the southern Limestone Eifel in...
- The Tetapaga Syncline, also known as the Lake Tetapaga Syncline, is a northeasterly trending syncline in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located in Strathy...
- The Alderbury-Mottisfont Syncline is an east–west trending fold in the Cretaceous chalk of Hampshire. It lies to the north of the Dean Hill Anticline and...
- the axial center, oldest strata in center irrespective of orientation. Syncline: linear, strata normally dip toward the axial center, youngest strata in...
- Trinidad's largest ons**** natural gas discovery was found in the Ortoire syncline. The Corporation's area of responsibility comprises 39 discrete communities...
- Syncline Mountain is a 7,560-foot (2,300-metre) mountain summit located on the shared border between Okanogan County and Whatcom County in Washington state...
- in some places. The western end of the county lies over the Berkshire syncline, and the whole county is shaped by the north-western limb of the London...