Illustration of anticline
- cross section of strata showing anticline
anticline
noun
an·ti·cline
ˈan-ti-ˌklīn 
: an arch of stratified rock in which the layers bend downward in opposite directions from the crest compare syncline
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The harsh, high-desert anticline is almost as big as Delaware and home to such wildness and alien-looking geology that the Mars Society has built a Mars Desert Research Station there.
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Dina Mishev, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
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Dina Mishev, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
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anticline
noun
an·ti·cline
ˈant-i-ˌklīn
: an arch of rock arranged in layers that bend downward in opposite directions from the top compare syncline
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