anticlinenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæn.ti.klaɪn/us/ˈæn.t̬i.klaɪn/specializedan upward, curved fold in the layers of rock in the earth's surface
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Geology - general words
- aquifer
- auriferous
- Cambrian
- cementation
- compaction
- continental crust
- continental drift
- Cretaceous
- crustal
- deposition
- earth science
- fold
- geology
- Pleistocene
- Pliocene
- Precambrian
- Quaternary
- rocky
- subduction
- subduction zone
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- On the anticlines were developed the chief streams, and the synclines were left till the last.
- The anticline has advanced relatively to the syncline.
- The belt as a whole may be regarded as an anticline, the igneous rocks constituting the core, theLower Cambrian the flanks, and the Silurian and Newark the adjoining zones.