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fold


syncline and anticline
A buckling in rock strata. Folds convex upward are called anticlines; those convex downward, synclines. They may be tiny or up to hundreds of kilometers across. Folds result from horizontal pressures in the Earth's crust. The upper portions of anticlines have often been eroded away.


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