synclinorium

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synclinorium

(ˌsɪŋklɪˈnɔːrɪəm)
n, pl -ria (-rɪə)
(Geological Science) a vast elongated syncline with its strata further folded into anticlines and synclines
[C19: New Latin, from syncline + -orium, suffix indicating a place]
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The A1 Gold Mine area lies within the Woods Point - Walhalla Synclinorium structural domain of the Melbourne Zone, a northwest trending belt of tightly folded Early Devonian Walhalla Group sandy turbidites.
The SE-NW trending Swabi Synclinorium and Shewa Anticlinorium correspond with the NE-SW shortening in the region.
and Maciejak, K.: 2016, Application of geomorphometric methods in mining-related ground deformation analysis--an example of the "Nowy Kosciol" Copper Mine ("The Old Copper Basin", North-Sudetic Synclinorium).
From east to west, Yunnan and Tibet geothermal zone can be divided into the Ailaoshan anticlinorium, Lanping-Simao depression, Changning-Lancang anticlinorium, Baoshan synclinorium, and Tengchong-Gaoligong mountain anticlinorium [29].
In all of these formations, exposures typically consist of gently tilted strata that form shallow strike-valleys and higher ridges as the surface expression of the large structural synclinorium underlying the Potwar Plateau.
The geology of this area is dominated by the Fenghuangshan granodiorite, which intruded the core of a NE-SW-trending synclinorium (Fig.
Stratigraphy and tectonics of the western closures of the Silurian-Devonian synclinorium in the Barrandian area.
Geologically, the area lies within the southern limb of the South-Cantabrian Synclinorium, a large structure mainly composed of Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene deposits on the southeastern part of the Basque-Cantabrian Region (Baceta et al., 1999).
The minimum stratigraphic thickness is reported as 800 m (2,500 ft) in the Bays Mountain synclinorium and the maximum is 2,300 m (7,000 ft) in Blount and Monroe counties (Rodgers, 1953; Shanmugam and Walker, 1983).
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