anticline
noun[C]
geologyspecializeduk/ˈæn.ti.klaɪn/us/ˈæn.t̬i.klaɪn/anupward,curvedfoldin thelayersofrockin the earth'ssurface
背斜(褶皱构造中岩层向上拱曲的部分)Compare
syncline
Geology - general words
- Anthropocene
 - aquifer
 - auriferous
 - biozone
 - Cambrian
 - carboniferous
 - cementation
 - Cretaceous
 - Holocene
 - hoodoo
 - interbed
 - Jurassic
 - karst
 - plate tectonics
 - post-depositional
 - pyroclastic
 - Quaternary
 - sedimentation
 - tectonic
 - the rock cycle