synform

Japanese: synform
synform

...These are called slump folds, or because they are often limited to certain strata, they are called intralayer folds.
[Anticlines and synclines]
A fold that is convex upward from a horizontal plane is called an anticlinal structure, and the opposite is called a syncline. On the other hand, a fold in which older strata are found toward the inside of the fold, regardless of the fold's orientation, is called an anticline, and a fold in which newer strata are found toward the inside of the fold is called a syncline (Figure 1).

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Japanese:

…これらはスランプslump褶曲と呼ばれたり,特定の層準に限られて発達することが多いので,層内褶曲と呼ばれることがある。
[背斜と向斜]
 水平面を基準として上方に凸面を向けた褶曲を背斜状構造antiformといい,逆の場合を向斜状構造synformと呼ぶ。一方,褶曲の姿勢とは無関係に,褶曲の内側に向かって順次より古い地層が存在する褶曲を背斜anticlineといい,逆により新しい地層が見いだされるものを向斜synclineという(図1)。…

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