Crossword-Solution: ANTICLINAL
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Anticlinal | a. | Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal. |
| Anticlinal | n. | The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions. |
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| of or like an anticline | 1 answer |
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Sentences with ANTICLINAL (5)
Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the strata slope downward on the two opposite sides.
That these strata have also probably undergone an immense depression, that they are now inclined at high angles and form regular or complicated anticlinal lines.
From the complexity produced by the dikes, from the high inclination and anticlinal dip of the strata of the basal series, which are overlaid, at the opposite ends of the short ridge, by two great masses of different ages and of different composition, I am not surprised that this singular section has been misunderstood.
Although the space between the Barn and Flagstaff Hill presents a distinct anticlinal line extending north and south, and though most of the dikes range with much regularity in the same line, nevertheless, at only a mile due south of the ridge the strata lie undisturbed.
From the great development of these inner beds, a person walking round the rim of this crater might fancy himself on a circular anticlinal ridge of stratified sandstone and conglomerate.