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Synclinal

adjective
1.
Sloping downward toward each other to create a trough.






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"Synclinal" Quotes from Famous Books



... the breaking up of the crust of the globe than the very central parts of the Andes. The upheaval has taken place by a great number of (nearly) N. and S. lines; which in most cases have formed as many anticlinal and synclinal ravines; the strata in the highest pinnacles are almost universally inclined at an angle from 70 deg to 80 deg. I cannot tell you how I enjoyed some of these views—it is worth coming from England, once to feel such intense delight; ...
— More Letters of Charles Darwin - Volume I (of II) • Charles Darwin



Words linked to "Synclinal" :   anticlinal, geology



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