Anticlinoria

/ˌæn.ti.klaɪˈnɔr.i.ə/ noun

Definition

Large-scale anticlines containing smaller folds within them, representing the biggest upward-curving rock formations in mountain ranges.

Etymology

From 'anticline' + Latin '-orium' (place or region). Geologists developed this term in the late 19th century to describe the hierarchy of folded rock structures.

Kelly Says

Anticlinoria are like 'folds within folds'—imagine a gigantic wave in the ocean that has ripples on its surface; that's how mountains have these nested fold patterns at different scales.

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