syneclise

English

Noun

syneclise (plural syneclises)

  1. (geology) A large, shallow depression formed on a continental platform due to slow subsidence.
    • 1983, R. L. Oliver, Antarctic Earth Science, page 196:
      In the Ronne syneclise the thickness of sedimentary cover reaches 13.5 km and the folded basement has a complex relief owing to block movements along faults of different rank.

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