anticline
/an-ti-klahyn/US // ˈæn tɪˌklaɪn //UK // (ˈæntɪˌklaɪn) //
反斜面,反斜线,反斜面的,反层
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Geology.
- : an anticlinal rock structure.
Examples
And then let us pass to the other side of the anticline, and walk on the shore to Shanklin.
The figure shows the structure of the Sandown anticline we have described.
In unsymmetrical folds one limb is steeper than the other, as in the anticline in Figure 167.
This area, known to geologists as the "Cincinnati anticline," is co-extensive with the fertile blue grass lands.
The southern part of the county is occupied by a portion of the Wealden anticline.
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