geosyncline

English

Etymology

Back-formation from geosynclinal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒiːəʊˈsɪŋklʌɪn/

Noun

geosyncline (plural geosynclines)

1. (geology) A large, linear depression in the Earth's crust in which sediment accumulates.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 173:

     Forty years ago the crumpled and complex Mobile Belt of Newfoundland would have been considered a typical result of a deformed geosyncline.

Derived terms

• eugeosyncline
• geosynclinal
• miogeosyncline
• miogeocline
• orthogeosyncline