| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,909,066,367 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Placanticline |
0.01 sec. |
|
|
placanticline [plak′ant·i‚klīn]
(geology) A gentle, anticlinallike uplift of the continental platform, usually asymmetric and without a typical outline. Placanticline a gentle rounded or oval (often with diffuse outlines) uplift of layers of the sedimentary mantle of continental platforms. The term was introduced by N. S. Shatskii in 1945 to refer to uplifts in the Volga-Ural Oil-Gas Region of the Eastern European Platform. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|