synclinorium

[‚sin·klə′nȯr·ē·əm]

(geology)

A composite synclinal structure in a region of lesser folds.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Synclinorium

a large compound structure of folds of the earth’s crust characterized by a general depression in the center. Synclinoria resemble large synclines complicated by smaller folds. They may reach many hundreds of kilometers in length and dozens of kilometers in width, rarely being more than 100 km wide. They usually originate in geosynclines as a result of the folding and the extensive and prolonged subsidence of the earth’s crust. Synclinoria are associated with anti-clinoria, structures that are opposite in shape.

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Kowalski, A.: 2017b, Fault geometry and evidence of depocentre migration within a transtensional intra-basinal high - a case study from the Laczna Anticline (Intrasudetic Synclinorium, SW Poland).

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Stratigraphic relationships on the southeast limb of the Merrimack Synclinorium in central and west-central Maine.

Provenance and paleogeography of post-Middle Ordovician, pre-Devonian sedimentary basins on the Gander composite terrane, eastern and east-central Maine: implications for Silurian tectonics in the northern Appalachians

There are no Upper Jurassic deposits in the south-eastern tip of the Tengi-Beshbarmag anticlinorium and the Shahdag-Khyzy synclinorium. Lower Cretaceous deposits are transgressively overlain by those of the Upper Jurassic.

AZERBAIJAN - Geology:

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Mopani Copper: John Chadwick reports on the tremendous mining potential of Nkana and Mufulira's metallurgical gems

The Engineer mine claims are situated within the Whitehorse Trough, which is a synclinorium underlain by the Late Triassic Stuhini Group.

The Engineer Mine, Tagish Lake, British Columbia

Key structural elements of the mapped area areKala Och Thrust Fault, Syed Karam-Alam Khel Thrust Fault, Darpair Warsak Thrust Fault,Arhanga Thrust Fault, Mishti Thrust Fault, Zak.ha KhelAnticlinorium, Malik Din Khel Anticlinorium, Qamber Khel Anticlinorium, Mishti Anticlinorium, Daborai Anticlinorium, Ali Khel Mala Khel Anticlinorium, Bagh Anticline, Darpiar Anticline, Umar Khel Anticline, Adam Khel Anticline, Syed Karam Anticline, Alam Khel Anticline Donga Synclinorium, Kas Syncline, Umer Khel Syncline and Adam Khel Syncline,.

Structure analysis of the Tirah Maidan and part of the Orakzai Agency, NW Pakistan

Nd isotopic and trace element constraints on the source of Silurian-Devonian mafic lavas in the Chaleur Bay Synclinorium of New Brunswick (Canada): Tectonic implications.

Geochronology and lithogeochemistry of granitoid rocks from the central part of the Central plutonic belt, New Brunswick, Canada: implications for Sn-W-Mo exploration

In the common view the Hollabrunn unit represents deep crystalline synclinorium between Dyje and Brno granitoids belonging to the Brunovistulicum.

Results of repeated measurements at the Zelezne Hory-Tisnov fault system surroundings

The general structure of the hills of Barcelona is a NNESSW trending asymmetric synclinorium that plunges towards the SSW.

Variscan and Alpine structure of the hills of Barcelona: Geology in an urban area/Estructura herciniana y alpina de las colinas de Barcelona: geologia en una zona urbana