downwarpedadj.
/ˈdaʊnwɔːpt/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌwɔrpt/ Geology.
Of strata, an area, etc.: displaced downwards to form a broad surface depression; (also, of a depression) formed by such a displacement. Cf. downwarp n.
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1898 W. M. Davis & W. H. Snyder Physical Geogr. x. 284 The Vale of Kashmir..is a waste plain in a broad basin,..occupying a down-warped district between lofty mountains.
1917 Geogr. Rev. 3 433 Downwarped or faulted basins fringe the eastern extremity [of the Carpathians], facing the Hungarian plain.
1976 S. Judson et al. Physical Geol. xvi. 378/2 Were we to remove the ice from Antarctica, the down-warped bedrock would rise isostatically to an average elevation of about 500 m above sea level.
2005 K. Lidmar–Bergström & J.–O. Näslund in M. Seppälä Physical Geogr. Fennoscandia (2008) i. 6/1 The Vänern basin is a downwarped wide depression..occupied by Lake Vänern.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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