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RTAdelaide Geosyncline
 Alpine Geosyncline
 Andean Geosyncline
 anticlinoria
 burial metamorphism
 clastic wedges
 continental drift
 Cordilleran Geosyncline
 crust
 eugeosynclines
 folds
 geanticlines
 Hercynian Geosyncline
 magmatism
 mantle
 metallogeny
 miogeosynclines
SNUsed for large, mobile downwarping of the crust, which subsides as rocks and sediments accumulate to thicknesses of thousands of meters. Indexed with with specific geosyncline where available.