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Syncline

In structural geology, a syncline is a fold with younger layers closer to the center of the structure, whereas an anticline is the inverse of a syncline. A synclinorium (plural synclinoriums or synclinoria) is a large syncline with superimposed smaller folds. Synclines are typically a downward fold (synform), termed a synformal syncline (i.e. a trough)…

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Syncline

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples54
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
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related to Gallery · 27
Syncline → Barstow, Barstow Formation, Basin Syncline, Bear Valley Strip Mine, Bloomsburg Formation, Calico Ghost Town, CaliforniaSyncline, Canyonlands National Park, East, Flinders Ranges, Fort Davis, Maryland, Navajo Sandstone, New Zealand's Southland Syncline, PennsylvaniaSyncline, Pound, Provo Canyon, Roundtop Hill, Shamokin, Sideling Hill
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Syncline → Flinders Ranges, FranceSouthland Syncline, Hokonui HillsStrathmore Syncline, Interstate, Maryland, New Mexico, New Zealand, NigeriaTable Mountain, Picuris Mountains, Powder River Basin, Purslane Sandstone, Rockwell Formation, Saou, ScotlandWilpena Pound, Shenandoah County, South Africa, South AustraliaFort Valley, South Island, The Catlins, US
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Syncline → Folds, If, On
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Syncline → fold with younger layers closer to the center of the structure

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fold synclines folds basin layers structural center structure typically overturned maryland utah anticline mountain hill formation sandstone southland south new

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Synclineis afold with younger layers closer to the center of the structure0.90text
Synclinerelated to CharacteristicsOn0.60section
Synclinerelated to CharacteristicsIf0.60section
Synclinerelated to CharacteristicsFolds0.60section
Synclinerelated to GallerySideling Hill0.60section
Synclinerelated to GalleryProvo Canyon0.60section
Synclinerelated to GalleryUtahRoad0.60section
Synclinerelated to GalleryFort Davis0.60section
Synclinerelated to GalleryTexas0.60section
Synclinerelated to GalleryBasin Syncline0.60section
Synclinerelated to GalleryBarstow Formation0.60section
Synclinerelated to GalleryBarstow0.60section

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