Syncline
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In geology, a syncline is an area of rock deformation that involves an upward slope to either side. In an exposed eroded syncline the youngest rock layers are in the center and the rocks on either side dip or slope toward the center of the structure. The rock at the center of the syncline is lower than the same stratum elsewhere. Synclines typically form during crustal warping as the result of compression concurrent with orogenic mountain building.
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