anticline
noun[C]
geologyspecializeduk/ˈæn.ti.klaɪn/us/ˈæn.t̬i.klaɪn/anupward,curvedfoldin thelayersofrockin the earth'ssurface
背斜(褶皱构造中岩层向上拱曲的部分)Compare
syncline
Geology - general words
- Anthropocene
- aquifer
- auriferous
- biozone
- Cambrian
- carboniferous
- cementation
- Cretaceous
- Holocene
- hoodoo
- interbed
- Jurassic
- karst
- plate tectonics
- post-depositional
- pyroclastic
- Quaternary
- sedimentation
- tectonic
- the rock cycle