Syncline
/ˈsɪn.klaɪn/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A concave-upward fold in rock strata
"Fontaine de Vaucluse, France, is the deepest known karst spring, -315 m. Lower parts were explored by a robot submersible. It is probably the ascending limb of a single loop in a syncline."
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More examples"Fontaine de Vaucluse, France, is the deepest known karst spring, -315 m. Lower parts were explored by a robot submersible. It is probably the ascending limb of a single loop in a syncline."
Etymology
From syn- + -cline.