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Split Mountain Plunging Anticline

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The plunging anticline here shows up as a series of older beds that get older toward the center.

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Anticline

In structural geology, an anticline is a fold that is convex up and has its oldest beds at its core. The term is not to be confused with antiform, which is a purely descriptive term for any fold that is convex up. Therefore if age relationships between various strata are unknown, the term antiform should be used.

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