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- noun geology A
topographic feature which is composed ofsedimentary layers in aconvex formation, but may not actually form a realanticline (i.e., the oldest rocks may not be exposed in the middle).
Etymologies
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anti- + form
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Examples
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For one thing, exhibitions in antiform art, large-scale environmental art, ecological art, and conceptual art have become fairly common.
Art's End Burnham, Jack 1969
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As mineralization moves outward along the limbs of the antiform, oxidation attenuates to the north toward the North Basin target.
unknown title 2011
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