syneclise
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English
Noun
syneclise (plural syneclises)
- (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.
