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what is the meaning of GEOSYNCLINE

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Answered by prabhatiit2005
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Geosyncline originally called a geosynclinal is an obsolete geological concept to explain orogens which was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries before the theory of plate tectonics was envisaged. A geosyncline was described as a giant downward fold in Earth's crust with associated upward folds (geanticlines, geanticlinals) that preceded the climax phase of orogenic deformation. The theory served as a means to explain the formation of mountains.


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Answered by inayat15
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A large scale depression in the Earth's crust containing very thick deposits is called geosycline
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