Anticlinal line

An anticlinal line or anticlinal axis is a line from which strata dip in opposite directions, like the ridge of a roof

Related terms:

• anticlinal axis
• anticlinal valley
• median line/surface
• anticlinal theory
• anticlinal bend
• anticlinal mountain
• isoclinic line
• fall line
• instability line
• obsequent fault-line scarp