anticlinale
anticline, ale, the (noun and adjective) Said of a geological fold whose curvature is facing upward (opposite syncline).
Meaning and uses
Anticline – In geology, called anticline (opposite: syncline) a fold having a 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, a orogeny. Anticline of the Nativity, Jurassic cliff north of Boulogne sur Mer
Anticline – Geology. Fold whose convexity is turned upward. Its opposite: syncline