: an arch of stratified rock in which the layers bend downward in opposite directions from the crest compare syncline
Illustration of anticline
cross section of strata showing anticline
Examples of anticline in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe harsh, high-desert anticline is almost as big as Delaware and home to such wildness and alien-looking geology that the Mars Society has built a Mars Desert Research Station there.—Dina Mishev, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
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