How could you tell an eroded plunging anticline from an eroded plunging syncline? What will be an ideal response?


In a plunging anticline, all rock layers dip away from the fold axis, and the oldest rocks are in the
center of the fold with younger rocks on the outside. In a plunging syncline, all rock layers dip toward
the fold axis, and the youngest rock layers are found in the core.

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