Describes rock layers or geological formations that dip or slope toward a central point.
From Latin 'centrum' (center) + Greek 'klinein' (to slope or lean), literally meaning 'sloping toward the center'.
Geologists use this term to understand how ancient rock layers buckled and bent—imagine pushing the edges of a tray toward the middle, and you've got a centroclinal structure!
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