Definition of Synclinorium. Meaning of Synclinorium. Synonyms of Synclinorium

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Definition of Synclinorium

Synclinorium
Synclinorium Syn`cli*no"ri*um, n.; pl. Synclinoria. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to lay together + ? mountain.] (Geol.) A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning. --Dana.

Meaning of Synclinorium from wikipedia

- structure, whereas an anticline is the inverse of a syncline. A synclinorium (plural synclinoriums or synclinoria) is a large syncline with superimposed smaller...
- Central Thrust" (MCT). The Tethys Himalaya is an approximately 100-km-wide synclinorium formed by strongly folded and imbricated, weakly metamorphosed sedimentary...
- with the Acadian orogeny. The formation is present in the Moose River synclinorium in north-central Maine. Earth sciences portal Paleontology portal List...
- Zanskar Range is part of the Tethys Himalaya, an approximately 100-km-wide synclinorium formed by strongly folded and imbricated, weakly metamorphosed sedimentary...
- slide to form talus slopes. The M****anutten Sandstone is folded in a synclinorium, and it outcrops at the ridge tops. M****anutten Peak Green Mountain Three...
- veinlets along fractures, joints, and minor faults within the Katanga synclinorium. Uraninite mineralization occurred 630 Ma ago, when uraniferous solutions...
- The Aye Formation is a geologic formation in the Dinant synclinorium, Ardennes, Belgium. It is part of the Condroz Group, at the base of the middle Famennian...
- fault that directs the waters of the Arroyo Mazobres; to the east, the synclinorium complex that sinks its roots in the Arroyo de las Lomas; to the west...
- situated in the western wing of the Yangozero synclinorium, the second largest (after the Onega synclinorium) on the Karelian Craton.[citation needed] Vottovaara...
- events in the Nismes – Vireux-Molhain area, southern border of the Dinant Synclinorium (Belgium, northern France)". Geologica Belgica. 22 (1–2): 7–33. doi:10...