Definition of Synclinoriums. Meaning of Synclinoriums. Synonyms of Synclinoriums

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Definition of Synclinoriums

Synclinorium
Synclinorium Syn`cli*no"ri*um, n.; pl. Synclinoria. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to lay together + ? mountain.] (Geol.) A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning. --Dana.

Meaning of Synclinoriums from wikipedia

- structure, whereas an anticline is the inverse of a syncline. A synclinorium (plural synclinoriums or synclinoria) is a large syncline with superimposed smaller...
- Central Thrust" (MCT). The Tethys Himalaya is an approximately 100-km-wide synclinorium formed by strongly folded and imbricated, weakly metamorphosed sedimentary...
- The Aye Formation is a geologic formation in the Dinant synclinorium, Ardennes, Belgium. It is part of the Condroz Group, at the base of the middle Famennian...
- situated in the western wing of the Yangozero synclinorium, the second largest (after the Onega synclinorium) on the Karelian Craton.[citation needed] Vottovaara...
- pushed upwards to form mountain ranges. The Fort Valley is an enclosed synclinorium, a downward fold within the M****anutten range. Differential weathering...
- going to extend the life of the mine by some twenty-five years. The synclinorium shaft was going to give access to 115 million tonnes of copper ore. Once...
- units: the southern peneplain, the Inini synclinorium, the central granite m****ifs and the northern synclinorium. The southern peneplain consists of a set...
- slide to form talus slopes. The M****anutten Sandstone is folded in a synclinorium, and it outcrops at the ridge tops. M****anutten Peak Green Mountain Three...
- especially in the South Wales Valleys. The area comprises a fully exposed synclinorium which gave rise to dramatic upland areas (Welsh: mynydd) rising to 300–600...
- Appalachians, including exposures on the flanks and axis of the Broad Top Synclinorium in south central Pennsylvania. Exposed beds are nearly horizontal on...