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An anticline doesn't necessarily have to be a mountain. But it is made by bending the rock layers, creating a concave curve in the rock. Anticlines are some of the best traps for resources like oil and gas on earth.
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∙ 14y agoAn anticline is formed by compressional stress.
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What is anticline?
In stuctural geology, an anticline is a fold that is convex up or to the youngest beds.
What is formed by upfolding or arching of rock layers?
Anticline
What is an upward fold called?
An anticline is a convex fold in a rock structure.
What type of fold is created when the crust bends and curves upward?
An Anticline is formed when the crust bends and curves upward.
When a fold shape is like an arch with the fold in an upward direction its called an?
In Geology this would be called an anticline.
What is anticline?
In stuctural geology, an anticline is a fold that is convex up or to the youngest beds.
What is the main difference between an upfold an da overfold mountain?
upfold is anticline and overfold mountains is parrallel anticline
An upfold in rock layers?
== == An upward fold in a rock formation is called an anticline.
What is formed by upfolding or arching of rock layers?
Anticline
Upward fold in rock formed by compression called?
Anticline
Is mt Everest a syncline or anticline?
Everest is an anticline
Is the equator an anticline?
No, the equator is not an anticline. An anticline is a geological structure that can be observed on the face of the earth. The equator is only visible on maps.
What is an upward fold called?
An anticline is a convex fold in a rock structure.
When was stone mountain formed?
stone mountain was formed in october 1973
What formed when a dome mountain was exposed?
what formed when a dome mountain was exposed
A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch is called what?
An anticline
Which type of mountain is formed by colliding continents?
The type of mountain that is formed by colliding continents is the upward mountain.
