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Geosynclinal

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ge·o·syn·cline  (j-snkln)
n.
A usually elongate, basinlike depression along the edge of a continent, in which a thick sequence of sediments and volcanic deposits has accumulated.
geo·syn·clinal (-sn-klnl) adj.
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The island is composed of geosynclinal deposition of Tertiary sediments of the most recent era (the Cenozoic) to a thickness of more than 10,000 meters on a metamorphic base formation (Figure 1).
Natural disasters in Taiwan by Moh, Za-Chieh; Yao, Daniel T.C. / Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation
 
 
 
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