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Definition of Synclines
1. syncline [n] - See also: syncline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Synclines
Literary usage of Synclines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms by James Geikie (1898)
"SECTION ACROSS SYMMETRICAL ANTICLINES AND synclines. Upper continuous line, /)-/?, =
surface of ... SECTION ACROSS UNSYMMETRICAL ANTICLINES AND synclines. ..."
2. Geology of Petroleum by William Harvey Emmons (1921)
"The lower sands are not saturated and the oil and gas is found low on the flanks
of the anticlines or in synclines. (After Griswold and Munn. ..."
3. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph Le Conte (1879)
"149 represents a section in which the anticlines or original ridges have become
valleys, while the synclines or original valleys have become mountain-ridges ..."
4. Field Methods in Petroleum Geology by Guy Henry Cox (1921)
"synclines.—In all the above cases, it was assumed that the beds were ...
Oil accumulation in synclines, in rocks that are not saturated with water. 19). ..."
5. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"Diagrammatic view of synclines and anticlines. AA, anticlinal arches; SS, synclinal
troughs. cline. But still more frequently rock-basins occur in regions ..."
6. Earth Sculpture; Or, The Origin of Land-forms by James Geikie (1898)
"SECTION ACROSS SYMMETRICAL ANTICLINES AND synclines. Upper continuous line, /)-/?, =
surface of ... SECTION ACROSS UNSYMMETRICAL ANTICLINES AND synclines. ..."
7. Geology of Petroleum by William Harvey Emmons (1921)
"The lower sands are not saturated and the oil and gas is found low on the flanks
of the anticlines or in synclines. (After Griswold and Munn. ..."
8. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph Le Conte (1879)
"149 represents a section in which the anticlines or original ridges have become
valleys, while the synclines or original valleys have become mountain-ridges ..."
9. Field Methods in Petroleum Geology by Guy Henry Cox (1921)
"synclines.—In all the above cases, it was assumed that the beds were ...
Oil accumulation in synclines, in rocks that are not saturated with water. 19). ..."
10. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"Diagrammatic view of synclines and anticlines. AA, anticlinal arches; SS, synclinal
troughs. cline. But still more frequently rock-basins occur in regions ..."
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