Syncline

Japanese: syncline
Syncline


[Anticlines and synclines]
A fold that is convex upward from a horizontal plane is called an anticlinal structure, and the opposite is called a synform. 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 conversely, a fold in which newer strata are found is called a syncline (Figure 1). In general areas where deformation is not very severe, anticlines form an anticline-like structure, and synclines form a syncline-like structure. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "syncline" is listed below.

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Japanese:


[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)。変形のあまり著しくない一般の地域では,背斜は背斜状構造をなし,向斜は向斜状構造をなす。…

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