syncline

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Map showing the Kunvit area in the southwestern part of Lakha Kach syncline, northwest of the town of Rakhni.

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  1. noun Geology A fold in rocks in which the rock layers dip inward from both sides toward the axis.

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  • Map showing the Kunvit area in the southwestern part of Lakha Kach syncline, northwest of the town of Rakhni. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The Pulaubalang Formation in this area occurs as a syncline between older sediments and coal-bearing sediments have been mapped in the concession area. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • These structurally controlled units are deformed by the regionally prominent Silver King shear zone that is up to two kilometres wide and forms the core of the Hall Creek syncline. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • Drillholes D09-386B, 387, 388 and 389B successfully intersected mineralization within the fold nose, down plunge from previously reported intersections (September 16, 2009 press release), and traced mineralized zones vertically into the west limb gold zone, located at depth within the west limb of the Horseshoe syncline.
  • The remaining holes drilled in the 2009 summer program were directed towards expanding mineralization within the Red Mountain syncline located 150 metres west of the Horseshoe Zone, and to explore for new gold zones within the fold.
 

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  1. Back-formation from synclinal.

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  1. from Greek συγκλίνειν, incline or lean together, from σύν, together, + κλίνειν, incline, bend, turn: see cline.
 

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/ˈsɪŋklaɪn/
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