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PRONUNCIATION OF GEOSYNCLINE

geosyncline  [ˌdʒiːəʊˈsɪŋklaɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GEOSYNCLINE

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determiner
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Geosyncline is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GEOSYNCLINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Geosyncline

In geology, geosyncline is a term still occasionally used for a subsiding linear trough that was caused by the accumulation of sedimentary rock strata deposited in a basin and subsequently compressed, deformed, and uplifted into a mountain range, with attendant volcanism and plutonism. The filling of a geosyncline with tons of sediment is accompanied in the late stages of deposition by folding, crumpling, and faulting of the deposits. Intrusion of crystalline igneous rock and regional uplift along the axis of the trough generally complete the history of a particular geosyncline. It is then transformed into a belt of folded mountains. Thick volcanic sequences, together with greywackes, cherts, and various sediments reflecting deepwater deposition or processes, are deposited in eugeosynclines, the outer deepwater segment of geosynclines.

Definition of geosyncline in the English dictionary

The definition of geosyncline in the dictionary is a broad elongated depression in the earth's crust containing great thicknesses of sediment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GEOSYNCLINE


anticline
ˈæntɪˌklaɪn
cline
klaɪn
decline
dɪˈklaɪn
disincline
ˌdɪsɪnˈklaɪn
eugeosyncline
ˌjuːdʒiːəʊˈsɪŋˌklaɪn
geanticline
dʒiːˈæntɪˌklaɪn
halocline
ˈhæləʊˌklaɪn
helicline
ˈhɛlɪˌklaɪn
hotline
ˈhɒtˌlaɪn
incline
ɪnˈklaɪn
isocline
ˈaɪsəʊˌklaɪn
Klein
klaɪn
Kline
klaɪn
microcline
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌklaɪn
monocline
ˈmɒnəʊˌklaɪn
pericline
ˈpɛrɪˌklaɪn
recline
rɪˈklaɪn
syncline
ˈsɪŋklaɪn
tetracycline
ˌtɛtrəˈsaɪklaɪn
thermocline
ˈθɜːməʊˌklaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GEOSYNCLINE

geoscience
geoscientific
geoscientist
geospatial
geosphere
geostatic
geostatics
geostationary
geostrategic
geostrategical
geostrategist
geostrategy
geostrophic
geostrophically
geosynchronous
geosynclinal
geotactic
geotactical
geotactically
geotaxis

WORDS THAT END LIKE GEOSYNCLINE

A-line
airline
aline
Caroline
chlortetracycline
deadline
discipline
doxycycline
gasoline
headline
hold the line
in-line
line
offline
on line
online
outline
oxytetracycline
skyline
timeline

Synonyms and antonyms of geosyncline in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «geosyncline» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GEOSYNCLINE

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Translator English - Chinese

地槽
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

geosinclinal
570 millions of speakers

English

geosyncline
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

geosyncline
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

geosyncline
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

геосинклиналь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

geossinclinal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

geosyncline
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

géosynclinal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Geosyncline
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geosynklinale
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地向斜
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

geosyncline
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Geosyncline
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

geosyncline
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலப்பெருங்குழிகை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भौगोलिक रेखा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

jeosenklinal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

geosinclinale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

geosynkliny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

геосинкліналь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

geosinclinal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

geosyncline
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geosyncline
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

geosyncline
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

geosyncline
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of geosyncline

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GEOSYNCLINE»

The term «geosyncline» is normally little used and occupies the 148.896 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GEOSYNCLINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «geosyncline» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «geosyncline» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about geosyncline

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GEOSYNCLINE»

Discover the use of geosyncline in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to geosyncline and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Paradoxes in Geology
Chapter 1 THE PARADOX OF GEOSYNCLINE HYPOTHESIS AND OROGENIC ANALYSIS Jiliang Li* and Wenjiao Xiao Laboratory of Lithospheric Tectonic Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...
U. Briegel, Wen-Jiao Xiao, 2001
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An Introduction to Physical Geography
Mountain building process begins with the formation of geosyncline by subsidence or foundering of some parts of landmasses through tectonic movement. The geosyncline is filled up by the deposition of sediments brought by various agents ...
Nizamuddin Khan, 2002
3
Precambrian of the Southern Hemisphere
Tectono-stratigraphic discussion The above summary indicates that tensional tectonism was characteristic of the evolution of the Stuart Shelf and Adelaide Geosyncline from preAdelaidean into Sturtian time. Basic volcanism occurred ...
D.R. Hunter, 1981
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Caledonian Geosyncline is self-explanatory; and the term Caledonian Orogenic Belt, besides including Prc-Caledonian " basement " that has been deformed by the Caledonian Orogeny, may be interpreted as including rock types such as ...
5
The Proterozoic Biosphere: A Multidisciplinary Study
... Geosyncline Adelaide Geosyncline Adelaide Geosyncline Adelaide Geosyncline Adelaide Geosyncline Adelaide Geosynciine Adelaide Geosyncline Adelaide Geosyncline Adelaide Geosyncline Amadeus Basin Amadeus Basin Amadeus ...
J. William Schopf, Cornelis Klein, 1992
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Graptolites of North America
This indicates a remarkable width for the geosyncline, when corrected for the foreshortening of the width resulting from repeated overthrusts. Kay (1937, pl. 5) has, in his palinspastic map of Ordovician paleogeography, given the Ordovician  ...
Rudolf Ruedemann, 1947
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Certainly the depth of burial was tectonically induced, and not directly connected with the depositional axis of the New Zealand Geosyncline, as in Grindley (1961), but it does appear that the Torlesse Supergroup and Haast Schist coincide in ...
8
Phosphate Deposits of the World: Volume 1: Proterozoic and ...
Unfossiliferous sedimentary units of east central Ellesmere Island, totalling up to 1700m in thickness, are overlain disconformably by Lower Cambrian to Siluro- Devonian beds of the Franklinian Geosyncline and form part of the geosyncline.
P. J. Cook, J. H. Shergold, 2005
9
Continental Tectonics
In the Nanshan geosyncline, for instance, ophiolites began to develop in Cycle I, reaching their acme of development in Cycle II, especially in Subcycle II2.* In Cycle III, although basic and ultrabasic rocks are present, no ophiolites were formed ...
Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (U.S.). Geophysics Study Committee, 1980
10
Prehistoric Life
Extending across the southern margin of the North American craton, and continuous with the Appalachian Geosyncline, is the Ouachita Geosyncline. Although this segment of the mobile belt is over 1500 km long, only about 300 km of its ...
P.R. Yadav, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GEOSYNCLINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term geosyncline is used in the context of the following news items.
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Resolutivo de Monterrey VI, la próxima semana; AyD
This geosyncline is formed by marine sediments with a total thickness of about 5000 m. All the Mesozoic formations of this geosyncline are ... «El Regio, Feb 15»
2
Hinto Energy, Inc. Announces Drilling of New Oil Well in Ohio
... today announced the Company has drilled a new well in Ohio, located on the Appalachian geosyncline which includes both the Berea Sands ... «Marketwired, Dec 14»
3
Hinto Energy announces new oil exploration well in Ohio
... today announced the Company has drilled a new well in Ohio, located on the Appalachian geosyncline which includes both the Berea Sands ... «PennEnergy, Dec 14»
4
Global Oil Price Fall-Implications for Ghana's Economy
It started with the Saltpond offshore pond which did not prove to have substantial hydrocarbon geosyncline formations. Then in 2010, under ... «Vibe Ghana, Dec 14»
5
Hinto Energy, Inc. Announces Agreement to Drill Oil Well in Medina …
Medina County is located on the Appalachian geosyncline which includes both the Berea sands and the Ohio shale stratigraphic levels. «Marketwired, Oct 14»
6
First uranium mine to open in 2016
... uranium characteristics to the deposits found in Canada's Athabasca Basin and the Pine Creek Geosyncline of Australia's Northern Territory. «The Bostwana Gazette, Feb 14»
7
EurekaMag.com Publishes 47389 New Articles on Geochemical …
... of Western Australia, geochemical interpretation of the metallogenic province of the Andean geosyncline of Chile, geochemical interpretation ... «PR Web, Jan 14»
8
Image: ALOS satellite captures Flinders from orbit
The curving structures that dominate this image are part of a larger geosyncline – a subsiding linear trough in Earth's crust – that includes the ... «Phys.Org, Dec 13»
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James Hall(1811-1898): Father of modern geology, founder of the …
Another lasting contribution was his work on the geosyncline concept of mountain-building, which found that sediment buildup in a shallow ... «Albany Times Union, Dec 13»
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Miners use old maps to seek Burra copper
The copper formed part of the mineral-rich Adelaide geosyncline, which also hosted the country's first commercial copper mine, in nearby ... «The Australian, Oct 12»

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