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7.2.4 Anticline

An anticline is a fold that is convex upward. The rocks forming the central part, or core, are older than the outer strata. They often take the form of an arch with the two limbs of the fold dipping away from each other.


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Small wooded dome
Small wooded dome
Earth Science Slides by John S. Shelton
Symmetrical folds  Dingle Beach anticline at Saundersfoot, Wales.  Minor synclinal fold on limb of anticline Stony Squaw Mt. Banff, Alberta.  Small wooded dome 

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