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English: In structural geology, a syncline is a fold with younger rock layers closer to the center of the structure, whereas an anticline is the inverse of a syncline. Illustrated are a folded sequence of rock layers, being old at the bottom and young at the top forming a syncline and two anticlines with corresponding axes (or here rather axial planes) marking their centers.
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A syncline is a fold of rocks with younger rock layers closer to the center of the structure, whereas an anticline is the inverse of a syncline. Figure (including graphical variants) is available via https://s-ink.org/syncline-and-anticline.

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