Anticlines

Word ANTICLINES
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What do we mean by anticlines?

A fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.

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The word "anticlines" in example sentences

There are abundant rock formations that have been deformed into hump-shaped strata known as anticlines, natural traps for oil. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Almost all rock formations have some inclination to the horizon, and the constant change of this inclination produces a series of waves, the crests of which are known as anticlines, and the troughs as synclines. ❋ Barkham Burroughs (N/A)

Large portions, especially of the upfolds, or "anticlines," of the waves, have been subsequently removed by erosion; the edges of these upfolds have been exposed, thus weathering out their fossilized contents, while downfolds are still buried beneath the earth for the explorers of coming centuries. ❋ William Diller Matthew (1900)

The second are important large and medium-scale folds (Weymouth, Lulworth and Purbeck anticlines), that verge north and contain axes that are parallel with and adjacent to the reactivated faults. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Slave River Plain is well-drained through porous bedrock, and exhibits sinkholes, sunken valleys, caves, submerged rivers, classic small anticlines and a complex recharge-discharge hydrology featuring swallow holes and cold springs, some with mineralized water. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The greater pressure results in anticlines and synclines that are inclined and asymmetrical (Figure 6). ❋ Unknown (2007)

Both anticlines and synclines are the result of compressional stress. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Cross section showing subsurface configuration of two anticlines visible on Landsat image, and the structure of the Gebo Oil Field. ❋ Joseph R. Mancuso (1990)

While they waited, Watkins and Briscoe passed the minutes discussing anticlines and salt domes. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1990)

While they waited, Wat-kins and Briscoe passed the minutes discussing anticlines and salt domes. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1990)

Many drillers suppose that the gas seeks the anticlines and the oil the synclines, but others, equally long-headed, discard entirely all theory of this kind, and drill wherever it may be most convenient or where other operators have already demonstrated the existence of gas. ❋ Barkham Burroughs (N/A)

Near their northern limit Radiolarian cherts, mudstones and lavas of Arenig age rise from underneath the former along anticlines striking north-east and south-west. ❋ Various (N/A)

Near Muirkirk and in the Douglas Water there are inliers of Wenlock, Ludlow and Downtonian rocks, coming to the surface along anticlines truncated by faults and surrounded by Old Red Sandstone and Carboniferous strata. ❋ Various (N/A)

The conditions favorable for trapping are overlying impervious beds bowed into anticlines, or other structural irregularities, due either to secondary deformation or to original deposition, which may arrest the oil in its upward course. ❋ Unknown (1915)

As already indicated, anticlines are not always essential to make the necessary trapping conditions. ❋ Unknown (1915)

He [got] an [infection] from anticline by his [roommate] ❋ Boarder00MTBer (2021)

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