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  • noun geology A topographic feature which is composed of sedimentary layers in a convex formation, but may not actually form a real anticline (i.e., the oldest rocks may not be exposed in the middle).

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ form

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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

  • 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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