anticline

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Outcropping mineralization is in northeast-trending anticline, and remains open in all directions.

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  1. noun Geology A fold with strata sloping downward on both sides from a common crest.

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  • Seepage. A classic anticline, just like in Wulfmeier's holos. —  Futures Imperfect
  • I knew what he was going to say—that I should have realized it was an anticline, that I wasn't paying attention, that it was my fault and I was a crummy partner. —  Futures Imperfect
  • He must have found it by following the Tongue, looking for a way around the anticline, and then gone off wandering up cliffs and in and out of side canyons, searching for the best vantage point to show it to us from. —  Futures Imperfect
  • The second location was identified with 3D seismic acquired by MGM Energy in the 2007 / 08 season and will test the footwall of the Ellice Island anticline in the Tertiary-aged lower Taglu and Aklak reservoirs in the southern portion of the anticline. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • The third well is proposed on the northern portion of the Ellice anticline to test Aklak reservoirs in the crest of the North Ellice anticline. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
 

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  1. from Greek ἀντί, opposite, + κλίνειν, incline. Cf. Greek ἀντικλίνειν, bend again.
 

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/ˈæntɪklaɪn/
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