What Are Upfolds Called?

What Are Upfolds Called?

Upfolds are called "anticlines," downfolds are called "synclines," and broad downfolded area are known as "basins."

What are Upfolds?

noun. Definition of upfold (Entry 2 of 2) : stratified rocks that are folded upward to a crest : anticline.

What do you call the Upfolds and Downfolds in faulting?

layers of rocks of continental crust bent in upfolds called anticlines & downfolds called synclines.

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