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Anticlinorium vs Synclinorium - What's the difference?

anticlinorium | synclinorium |

In geology terms the difference between anticlinorium and synclinorium

is that anticlinorium is a series of parallel anticlinal folds on a regional-scale anticline while synclinorium is a large syncline with superimposed smaller folds.

anticlinorium

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Noun

(en-noun)
  • (geology) A series of parallel anticlinal folds on a regional-scale anticline.

    • synclinorium

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia synclinorium)
  • (geology) A large syncline with superimposed smaller folds.