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syn·cli·nal

(sin'kli-năl),
Denoting two structures inclined one toward the other.
[G. syn- klinō, to incline together]
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According to Arctic Slope's calculations, 50,000 tons would have to be marketable from the Deadfall Syncline site to make the operation feasible.
There are three major NNW trending anticlines, with domical geometries in the eastern part of the anticlinorium, and the correspondent synclines in the midst between them (Fig.
1) on the south limb of the Athol Syncline (Fletcher 1908) with the contact between Divisions 5 and 6 at Lower Cove.
The most representative Gondwanan structures are located in the Quebrada de Cortaderas, where the Selerpe series was folded by an up-right syncline. No foliation is associated with this fold.
- The major unit is conformable and folded into a distinct plunging syncline dipping to the southwest at 70-80 DEG (see Appendix A for full report).
Study area is located in the Wilkoszyn Syncline in the south-east part of the Upper Silesia Basin (Fig.
Metamorphic grade varies from greenschist- to amphibolite-facies, with the higher grade rocks localized to the contact areas between the White Rock and Goldenville formations on the margins of the Yarmouth syncline (MacDonald, 2000; MacDonald et al.
Diamond Hill is formed on the western limb of a north-south-trending syncline with displacement along a major fault that cuts across the southwestern corner of Rhode Island (Feininger, 1965).
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