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Syncline vs Anticlines - What's the difference?

syncline | anticlines |

As nouns the difference between syncline and anticlines

is that syncline is (geology) a concave-upward fold in rock strata while anticlines is .

syncline

English

(wikipedia syncline)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) A concave-upward fold in rock strata

    • Antonyms

    * anticline

    Holonyms

    * synform

    References

    * Dictionary of Geological Terms (Anchor Books, 1984, edited by Robert L. Bates and Julia A. Jackson)

    anticlines

    English

    Noun

    (head)