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anticline
1. Forming a ridge in which strata lean against each other, inclining in opposite directions.
2. An upward fold of stratified rock in which the sides slope down and away from the crest; the oldest rocks are in the center, and the youngest rocks are on the outside.
2. An upward fold of stratified rock in which the sides slope down and away from the crest; the oldest rocks are in the center, and the youngest rocks are on the outside.
Oil may occur in the crest of anticlines.
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clino-, clin-, -clinal, -cline, -clinic
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“anticline”
anticline
1. The upfold of strata resembling an arch or peaked roof.
2. An upfold of layered rocks in an archlike structure.
2. An upfold of layered rocks in an archlike structure.
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