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anticline
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anticline: see fold fold, in geology, bent or deformed arrangement of stratified rocks. These rocks may be of sedimentary or volcanic origin. Although stratified rocks are normally deposited on the earth's surface in horizontal layers (see stratification ), they are often found inclined
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Two main types: anticlines, arch-shape upward folds, and synclines, bowl-shape downward folds.
The making of a mountain: journey to the Himalayas and discover what ... by Masibay, Kim Y. / Science World
In mapping out what it believes to be the location of these anticlines, there existed some 10,000 acres that were key to containing 100% of the two anticlines covering the Maverick Springs Prospect.
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Both are types of folded rock: Anticlines are upfolds; synclines are downfolds.
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