Geosyncline

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dÊ’iːəʊˈsɪŋklʌɪn/

Origin

Back-formation from geosynclinal.

Full definition of geosyncline

Noun

1. (geology) A large, linear depression in the Earth's crust in which sediment accumulates.
• 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 173:Forty years ago the crumpled and complex Mobile Belt of Newfoundland would have been considered a typical result of a deformed geosyncline.

Derived terms

• eugeosyncline
• miogeosyncline
• miogeocline
• orthogeosyncline