Anticline
see also: Etymology of Anticline
In Geology, one calls anticline (opposite: Synclinal) a fold having a convexity to the top and whose center is occupied by the geological layers oldest.
That means that the term anticline takes into account a stratigraphic concept, therefore chronological, and thus refers to an episode of precise crumpling.
In the simple cases, an anticline is a Antiforme in the middle which are the oldest layers; but if the fold is poured, the youngest layers can appear in the middle of a Synforme: it is about a “plunging head”.
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