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Syncline

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syncline
a downward fold of stratified rock in which the strata slope towards a vertical axis
syncline [′sin‚klīn]
(geology)
A fold having stratigraphically younger rock material in its core; it is concave upward.
Syncline 

a fold of stratified rock that is convex downward. Younger rocks occur in a syncline’s core rather than on its limbs. Synclines alternate with anticlines— folds of rock strata that are convex upward.
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