parageosyncline
/ˌparədʒiːə(ʊ)ˈsɪŋklʌɪn/Geology. Now rare
noun
A geosyncline situated within an older craton or (originally) at the edge of a continental craton.
- With the rise of the plate-tectonic model from the 1960s, the concept of geosynclines has been regarded as obsolete by most geologists..
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Charles Schuchert (1858–1942). From para- + geosyncline.