English Explanatory Dictionary

parageosyncline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A geosyncline within or adjacent to a craton and usually less elongated, shallower, and less persistent than an orthogeosyncline.

Word forms

parageosyncline parageosynclines

Etymology

From para- + geosyncline.

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