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7.2.7 Dome

A dome is an anticline that is roughly as wide as it is long with dips or plunges in opposite directions from a high point. They are usually circular or elliptical.


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Plunging end of large dome.
Plunging end of large dome.
Earth Science Slides by John S. Shelton
Dome  Simple structural dome.  Plunging end of large dome.  Small wooded dome. 

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