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“geocline”
A part of the Earth's crust which is subjected to downward warping during a large span of geological time: A geocline is a usually elongated, basinlike depression along the edge of a continent in which a thick sequence of sediments and volcanic deposits have accumulated.
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clino-, clin-, -clinal, -cline, -clinic
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geo-, ge- +
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