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Macquarie Syncline

Lochinvar Anticline

Kulnura Anticline

Yarramalong Syncline

Wollombi Syncline

As the subduction zone re-established the compressional force caused a series of folds to be formed in the land.

​An up fold is called an Anticline and a down fold a Syncline.

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Water flooded into the Macquarie Syncline forming a proto version of Lake Macquarie.

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