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anticline Noun Geol a fold of rock raised up into a broad arch so that the strata slope down on both sides
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Two main types: anticlines, arch-shape upward folds, and synclines, bowl-shape downward folds. In mapping out what it believes to be the location of these anticlines, there existed some 10,000 acres that were key to containing 100% of the two anticlines covering the Maverick Springs Prospect. Both are types of folded rock: Anticlines are upfolds; synclines are downfolds. |
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