Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fold with strata sloping downward on both sides from a common crest.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
anticlinal .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Geol.) A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal. Contrassted with
syncline .
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- noun geology A
fold withstrata sloping downwards oneach side .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It occupies another concavity 10 km west of Lake Enriquillo, separated from it by the Jimaní anticline.
Haiti 2010
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A recent report estimates there were 60 percent fewer wintering mule deer on part of the anticline in 2009 compared with 2001, and 28 percent fewer mule deer in 2009 compared with 2005.
Deer Population Plummets Amidst Natural Gas Drilling AP 2010
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A recent report estimates there were 60 percent fewer wintering mule deer on part of the anticline in 2009 compared with 2001, and 28 percent fewer mule deer in 2009 compared with 2005.
Deer Population Plummets Amidst Natural Gas Drilling AP 2010
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The Sequatchie Valley is structurally associated with an anticline, where erosion of broken rock to the south of the Crab Orchard Mountains scooped out the linear valley.
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After more than two years of development, the BLM reported that 11,000 vehicle trips onto the anticline were made during December 2005.
Energy Development is Ruining Public Hunting Grounds in the West 2006
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A new study of pronghorns using the winter range on the anticline was released in January 2006, but it was difficult to draw conclusions from it.
Energy Development is Ruining Public Hunting Grounds in the West 2006
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It occupies another concavity 10 km west of Lake Enriquillo, separated from it by the Jimaní anticline.
Enriquillo wetlands 2008
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The energy companies operating on the anticline were supposed to have been bound by restrictions to protect wildlife during the winter, but the local BLM office granted exemptions in eight out of 10 requests.
Energy Development is Ruining Public Hunting Grounds in the West 2006
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Structurally associated with an anticline, where erosion of broken rock scooped out the linear valley, it is composed mostly of Mississippian to Ordovician-age limestones, dolomites, and shales, with some low, cherty ridges.
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There are 516 miles of new roads constructed on the anticline, with half the fields developed.
Energy Development is Ruining Public Hunting Grounds in the West 2006
slumry commented on the word anticline
Interestingly, this is a back formation from anticlinal. I did not know that.
July 11, 2007
reesetee commented on the word anticline
...and thus belongs on my back-formations list! Thanks for the reminder, slumry.
July 11, 2007