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Definition of Geosyncline
1. Noun. (geology) A large, linear depression in the Earth's crust in which sediment accumulates. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Geosyncline
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Geosyncline
Literary usage of Geosyncline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Comprehensive Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1921)
"THE ANDEAN geosyncline OF SOUTH AMERICA Marine Jurassic beds are found in a number
of localities in the Andes Mountains, and it has been shown that this ..."
2. A Textbook of Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1921)
"1687), and that between it and the Appalachian Mountains lay a broad and rather
shallow geosyncline which extended from Massachusetts to Texas, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"The Laramide geosyncline has- already been particularly referred to and allusion
... To the Laramide geosyncline here, the mountains of the Archean axis—the ..."
4. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1905)
"The Mediterranean geosyncline extends from Java and Sumatra across India, ...
The circum-Pacific geosyncline extends from Cape Horn to Behring Strait and ..."
5. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"The geosyncline occupied the area of the future mountain range. ... For the
Appalachians the geosyncline, judging from the thickness of the included beds, ..."
6. Revised Text-book of Geology by James Dwight Dana, William North Rice (1897)
"The Bottom of the geosyncline weakened by the Heat rising into it from below.
— As planes of equal temperature within the earth are approximately parallel ..."
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