Meanings
plural anteclises
- geographyA large uplifted structure on a continental platform.
Thus, on the south flank of the Anabar anteclise, the Tjung-Siligir and Nizhnemorkokin elevations were identified, while in the Igiattan depression the Vilyuis-Morkhin swell was recognized, separating the southern basin from the northern.
2002, Mark Naumovich Berdichevskiĭ, Magnetotellurics in the Context of the Theory of Ill-posed Problems
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 台背斜
- 台背斜 (táibèixié)Translations
Polish antekliza
- anteklizaTranslations
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