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syn·cli·nal

 (sĭn-klī′nəl)
adj.
1. Sloping downward from opposite directions to meet in a common point or line.
2. Geology Relating to, formed by, or forming a syncline.
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syn•cli•nal

(sɪnˈklaɪn l, sɪŋ-, ˈsɪŋ klɪ nl)

adj.
1. sloping downward from opposite directions so as to meet in a common point or line.
2.
a. inclining upward on both sides from a median line or axis, as a downward fold of rock strata.
b. pertaining to such a fold.
[1825–35; syn- + Greek klin(ein) to lean1 + -al1]
syn•cli′nal•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.synclinal - sloping downward toward each other to create a trough
geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
anticlinal - sloping downward away from a common crest
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Relative elevation modeling was used to guide the ellipse orientation that accounts for the variation in dip due to the synclinal structure.
The Hunting Survey Corporation (HSC, 1960) mapped this area of the Raskoh Range using satellite photographs and managed to pick folding (anticlinal - synclinal) with intervening thrust or back thrust transpressional faults exposures on surface (Fig.
The subsidence in the developing Zagros foredeep induced a major phase of source rock evaluation and hydrocarbon expulsion, and it is probable that hydrocarbon charging of the Zagros anticlines occurred via relatively short-distance migration from the adjacent synclinal kitchens (Joseph et al., 2015).
According to relevant Raman peak assignment and structure of chlormequat chloride molecule, the peaks at 666 and 765 [cm.sup.-1] were attributed to C-Cl stretching vibration in synclinal and synperiplanar conformation.
Huang, "Danger mechanism of rock burst induced by mining in synclinal influence area," Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, vol.
This phenomenon forces the synclinal conformation of two hydrogen atoms of [R.sub.2] with respect to O atom.
The resulting form is very gently concave upward relative to the steep but nonvertical axis of this very long wavelength and very low amplitude tilted synclinal fold (Figure 7).
The group suffered a little synclinal deformation, North-South axis, with one edge lifted to the west, where the lignite outcrops.
The broad synclinal structure of this portion of the Sydney Basin is shown firstly by the outcrop of Coal Measures on the Illawarra coast and in the gorges in the west; secondly by the depiction of the Wianamatta rocks flanked on either side by the Hawkesbury, Coal Measures and Upper Marine Beds; thirdly by arrows depicting the direction of dip; and fourthly by the westward decline and subsequent rise of spot-heights.
Globally, the Middle Atlas structure corresponds, on one hand, to large synclinal basins with axes that are parallel to the chain and, on the other hand, to narrow anticlinal ridges, sometimes, intruded with gabbroic rocks (Fedan, 1988).
In Southern Queen (1963), for instance, the peeling back of layers, synclinal folds, and fissures, the liminal quality of these surfaces, correspond to the viewer's urge to probe.
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