ANTICLINAL Definition & Meaning

anticlinal

[ an-ti-klahyn-l ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

inclining in opposite directions from a central axis.
Geology.
1. inclining downward on both sides from a median line or axis, as a fold of rock strata.
2. pertaining to such a fold.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of anticlinal¹

1825–35; < Greek ��Գپ��ī́�� ( ein ) to lean against each other ( anti- anti- + ��ī́�Ա𾱲� to lean ¹ ) + -al ¹

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The field was an anticlinal structure 80 kilometers long and 15 kilometers wide and had 10 pays, Cretaceous through Miocene.

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Section of anticlinal valleys and synclinal mountains 78 17.

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Where they dip away from the axis of movement the structure is termed an anticline or anticlinal fold; where they dip towards the axis, it is a syncline or synclinal fold.

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Nearly the whole of our English Eocene strata lies in these two basins, having been denuded away from the anticlinal arches.

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The hills are formed by a short, broad, anticlinal fold, which is flat or nearly so on its summit.

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