Usually means: Depressed basin, accumulates sediment layers.
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  1. geosyncline: Merriam-Webster
  2. geosyncline: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. geosyncline: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. geosyncline: Collins English Dictionary
  5. geosyncline: Wordnik
  6. geosyncline: Wiktionary
  7. geosyncline: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. geosyncline: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. geosyncline: Dictionary.com
  10. Geosyncline: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. geosyncline: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. geosyncline: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (geology) A large, linear depression in the Earth's crust in which sediment accumulates.

Similar:
autogeosyncline, orthogeosyncline, geoid, lineation, isocline, syntaxis, line of dip, depoaxis, oceanic trench, geoposition, more...

Opposite:
geanticline, orogeny, uplift

Phrases:
geosyncline theory, more...

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Similar:
autogeosyncline, orthogeosyncline, geoid, lineation, isocline, syntaxis, line of dip, depoaxis, oceanic trench, geoposition, more...

Opposite:
geanticline, orogeny, uplift

Phrases:
geosyncline theory, more...



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