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Formation of a river anticline by river erosion and the associated isostatic rebound. As the river erodes the overlying material, the underlying rocks will rebound up, like a block in water if you remove a weight from on top of it, forming an antiformal structure. (Image created by Michael Stevens)

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current16:24, 12 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 16:24, 12 November 20111,275 × 1,650 (357 KB)Mstev18 (talk | contribs)Formation of a river anticline by river erosion and the associated isostatic rebound. As the river erodes away overlying material, the underlying rocks will rebound up, like a block in water if you remove a weight from on top of it, forming an antiformal