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Literally, "earth
syncline." Term now refers, however, to a basin in
which thousands of meters of sediments have accumulated, with accompanying progressive
sinking of basin floor explained only in part by load of sediments. Common usage includes
both accumulated sediments themselves and geometrical form of basin in which they are
deposited. All folded
mountain
ranges were built from geosynclines, but not all
geosynclines have become mountain ranges.
Source: Leet, L. Don. 1982.
Physical Geology, 6th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
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