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 * [[image:http://web.arc.losrios.edu/~borougt/AnticlineSyncline.jpg caption="external image AnticlineSyncline.jpg"]] || [[image:http://homepage.ufp.pt/biblioteca/GlossarySaltTectonics/PlatesJPG/Fig.F017-HingeFold.jpg caption="external image Fig.F017-HingeFold.jpg"]] ||
 * An **anticline** is a [|fold] that is [|convex] up and has its oldest [|beds] at its core

A **syncline** is a [|fold] with younger layers closer to the center of the structure.

Both anticlines and synclines are the result of compressional stress. || || ||
 * File:NJ Route 23 anticline.jpg || ||
 * [|TECTONIC STRUCTURES: FOLDS AND FAULTS] || [[image:http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/images/synclinepic.jpg caption="external image synclinepic.jpg"]] ||