geosyncline
English
Etymology
Back-formation from geosynclinal.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dʒiːəʊˈsɪŋklʌɪn/
Noun
geosyncline (plural geosynclines)
- (geology) A large, linear depression in the Earth's crust in which sediment accumulates.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 173:
- Forty years ago the crumpled and complex Mobile Belt of Newfoundland would have been considered a typical result of a deformed geosyncline.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 173:
Derived terms
- eugeosyncline
- geosynclinal
- miogeosyncline
- miogeocline
- orthogeosyncline
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