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Definition of Synclinal

Synclinal
Synclinal Syn*cli"nal, a. [Gr. ? to incline together; sy`n with + ? to incline.] 1. Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line. 2. (Geol.) Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold; -- opposed to anticlinal. Note: A downward flexure in the case of folded rocks makes a synclinal axis, and the alternating upward flexure an anticlinal axis.
Synclinal
Synclinal Syn*cli"nal, n. (Geol.) A synclinal fold.

Meaning of Synclinal from wikipedia

- Synclinal may refer to: Syncline, in structural geology, a syncline is a fold, with younger layers closer to the center of the structure. Synclinal, in...
- Ghost Town; the ductile folding is at the base and the brittle is above. Synclinal fold in Silurian Wills Cr**** Formation or Bloomsburg Formation at Roundtop...
- M****anutten Mountain is a synclinal ridge in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, located in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is near the West Virginia state...
- smaller mountains (Short, Walnut, Rich, Log, Reynolds, etc.). These are all synclinal mountains and reside along the axis of the northeast-trending Midd****ro...
- butane as a function of dihedral angle. A: antiperiplanar, anti or trans. B: synclinal or gauche. C: anticlinal or eclipsed. D: synperiplanar or cis....
- which were active during deposition of the Devonian sequences. A strong synclinal fold traverses Eday and Shapinsay, the axis trending north-south. Middle...
- Ginsburg, L. (1988). "La faune des mammifères des sables Miocènes du synclinal d'Esvres (Val de Loire)" [The mammalian fauna of the Miocene sands of...
- conformation a torsion angle between 30° to 90° and −30° to −90° is called synclinal (sc), also called gauche or skew a torsion angle between 90° and 150°...
- anticlinal, parallel to sub-parallel hill ranges and narrow adjoining synclinal valleys with series of topographic highs. The general geology of western...
- of angle; 0° to ±30° synperiplanar (sp); 30° to 90° and −30° to −90° synclinal (sc); 90° to 150° and −90° to −150° anticlinal (ac); ±150° to 180° antiperiplanar...