anticlinal core

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• Anticline — In structural geology, an anticline is a fold that is convex up and has its oldest beds at its core. The term is not to be confused with antiform , which is a purely descriptive term for any fold that is convex up. Therefore if age relationships… …   Wikipedia

• diapir — noun Etymology: French, probably from Greek diapeirein to drive through, from dia + peirein to pierce; akin to Greek poros passage more at fare Date: 1918 an anticlinal fold in which a mobile core has broken through brittle overlying rocks •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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