Définition complète de anticlinale – Dictionnaire français
anticline, ale, the (noun and adjective) Said of à geological fold whose curvature is facing upward (opposite syncline).
Meaning and uses
Anticline — In geology, called anticline (opposite : syncline) à fold having à convex upward and whose center is occupied by the oldest geological strata.
Anticline — Geological formation representing the main type of hydrocarbon trap, folding, vaulted concavity facing downward.
Anticline — fold where the elements located inside the curvature was, before the deformation, the lowest. V. also antiform.
Anticline — fold with its convexity turned upwards, reflecting compression forces, à orogeny. Anticline of the Nativity, Jurassic cliff north of Boulogne sur Mer
Anticline — Geology. Fold whose convexity is turned upward. Its opposite : syncline
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