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the collapse of geosynclines into orogens was result of the Earth's contraction over time. In Stille and Kober's view, geosynclines and orogens were

The Ouachita geosyncline was a major structural or sedimentary basin along southern North America. It is mostly covered by sedimentary rocks from the

in the 18th century. In the mid-19th century, the now-defunct idea of geosynclines was used to explain the presence of "folded" mountain chains. This theory

quantity; rotational analogue of linear momentum Geological history of Earth Geosyncline – Obsolete geological concept to explain orogens GPlates – Open-source

received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1929. Marshall Kay, North American geosynclines (Memoir 48), Geological Society of America, 1951. Kay, Marshall; Colbert

Typical catena in the Negash geosyncline

The Adelaide Superbasin (previously known as the Adelaide Geosyncline and Adelaide Rift Complex) is a major Neoproterozoic to middle Cambrian geological

18th century until its replacement by plate tectonics in the 1960s, geosyncline theory was used to explain much mountain-building. The understanding

and faulting of Mesozoic and early Tertiary sediments from the Tethys geosyncline. The Tibetan and Mongolian plateaux, and the structural basins of Tarim

Middle Paleozoic from 450 to 340 Mya. It was earlier known as Lachlan Geosyncline. It covers an area of 200,000 km2. The Lachlan Fold Belt is bordered