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Eugeosyncline

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Translation of "eugeosyncline" into Russian

eugeosyncline
Noun
raiting
UK
/ˌjuːdʒiːəʊˈsɪn.klaɪn/
US
/ˌjuːdʒioʊˈsɪn.klaɪn/
eugeosyncline
eugeosynclines pl
The formation of an eugeosyncline is a complex geological process.
Формирование эвгеосинклинали — это сложный геологический процесс.

Definitions

eugeosyncline
Noun
raiting
UK
/ˌjuːdʒiːəʊˈsɪn.klaɪn/
US
/ˌjuːdʒioʊˈsɪn.klaɪn/
A major downwarp in the Earth's crust, typically filled with thick deposits of sedimentary and volcanic rocks, often associated with mountain-building processes.
The geologists studied the eugeosyncline to understand the region's complex geological history.
A deep, elongated trough along an active continental margin in which thick sequences of volcanic and oceanic sediments accumulate, distinguished from a miogeosyncline by its predominantly volcanic character.
Basalts and radiolarian cherts typical of a eugeosyncline indicate deposition in an open-ocean setting.