down|warp

down|warp
down|warp «DOWN WRP», verb, noun. Geology.
–v.t., v.i.
to fold or bend in a synclinal manner: »

Successive downwarping and uplifting of the earth's crust…have built up many layers of sedimentary rock (Scientific American).

–n.
a downwarped condition or area.

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