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Eroded anticline

Eroded Anticline

Eroded anticline

Eroded syncline.

Eroded Syncline

Eroded syncline.

Cross section of an eroded anticline.

Eroded Anticline

Cross section of an eroded anticline.

Cross section of an eroded syncline.

Eroded Syncline

Cross section of an eroded syncline.

An overthrust anticline of a strata fold.

Overthrust Anticline Folds

An overthrust anticline of a strata fold.

An overthrust anticline of a strata fold.

Overthrust Anticline Folds

An overthrust anticline of a strata fold.

"A syncline is a downfolding of the strata in the form of a trough, as at a...An anticline is an upfolding of the strata in the form of an arch, as at b." -Dryer, 1901

Strata Folds

"A syncline is a downfolding of the strata in the form of a trough, as at a...An anticline is an upfolding…

"At 1, a series of compressed folds has been worn down to a plain, the surface of which is formed by the edges of the nearly vertical strata. At 2 an anticline has been reduced to a valley, and at 3 a syncline is left standing as a ridge made up of concave strata like a pile of platters. The ridges at 4 are projections of hard strata above the more easily eroded ones on either side." -Dryer, 1901

Appalachian Mountains

"At 1, a series of compressed folds has been worn down to a plain, the surface of which is formed by…

"Sterogram of Jura Mountains...The Jura Mountains in France and Switzerland consist of a series of parallel ridges and valleys in which each ridge is an anticline and each valley is a syncline." -Dryer, 1901

Mountain Sterogram

"Sterogram of Jura Mountains...The Jura Mountains in France and Switzerland consist of a series of parallel…