syncline

English

Etymology

From syn- +‎ -cline.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.klaɪn/, [ˈsɪŋˌklaɪn]
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪnklaɪn

Noun

syncline (plural synclines)

  1. (geology) A concave-upward fold in rock strata
    • 1988, Noel P. James, Philip W. Choquette, editors, Paleokarst, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 36:
      Fontaine de Vaucluse, France, is the deepest known karst spring, -315 m. Lower parts were explored by a robot submersible. It is probably the ascending limb of a single loop in a syncline.

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References

  • Dictionary of Geological Terms (Anchor Books, 1984, edited by Robert L. Bates and Julia A. Jackson)
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