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All Domes and Uplifts

This group collects the Structural and Tectonic Formations subcategory's members that are structural domes, uplifted terrains and related fold features: broad upward warps of the crust, anticlines and monoclines, and regionally uplifted erosion surfaces such as ancient peneplains later raised by tectonic activity. These features record vertical crustal movement rather than the lateral or extensional motion that defines the subcategory's fault and rift groups.

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A circular part of the surface pushed upward, tilting pre-existing layers away from the center. 1
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1. Wikipedia: Structural dome
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A dome is a feature in structural geology where a circular part of the Earth's surface has been pushed upward, tilting the pre-existing layers of earth away from the center.
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