geosyncline
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from geosynclinal.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
geosyncline (plural geosynclines)
- (geology) A large, linear depression in the Earth's crust in which sediment accumulates.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 173:
- Forty years ago the crumpled and complex Mobile Belt of Newfoundland would have been considered a typical result of a deformed geosyncline.