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anticlinoria
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Cordilleran Geosyncline
crust
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Hercynian Geosyncline
magmatism
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Used 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.
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