Question

what is known as geosyncline

Answer 1

A geosyncline is describes as a subsiding linear trough that is 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. ... It is then transformed into a belt of folded mountains.

Answer 2

A geosyncline is describes as a subsiding linear trough that is 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. ... It is then transformed into a belt of folded mountains.