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upwarp

[ uhp-wawrp ]

noun

  1. a geologic structure, usually of relatively large dimensions, whose flanks slope gradually away from the center.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of upwarp1

First recorded in 1915–20; up- + warp
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“Upwarp†glitches usually stem from the ceiling in some capacity, pulling the player up.

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Louisiana and Florida were the last areas to emerge wholly from the sea,— Florida being formed by a broad transverse upwarp of the continental delta at the opening of the Miocene, forming first an island, which afterwards was joined to the mainland.

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Manifestly this upwarp occurred since the peneplain was formed; it is later than the Mesozoic, and the vast dissection which the peneplain has suffered since its uplift must belong to the successive cycles of Cenozoic time.

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