syneclise

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noun

A large, shallow depression formed on a continental platform due to slow subsidence.

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Meanings

nounsyneclise (plural syneclises)

plural syneclises

  1. geographyA large, shallow depression formed on a continental platform due to slow subsidence.

    In the Ronne syneclise the thickness of sedimentary cover reaches 13.5 km and the folded basement has a complex relief owing to block movements along faults of different rank.

    1983, R. L. Oliver, Antarctic Earth Science, page 196
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