Fairview Syncline
From ILSTRUC
Part of the Peoria Folds
Location
Peoria and northeastern Fulton Counties (D-3, 4)
References
Wanless 1957
Description
The Fairview Syncline has 50 to 70 feet (15-20 m) of relief on Pennsylvanian rocks. It becomes asymmetrical and its north limb is steeper in pre-Pennsylvanian strata. The axis trends east-northeast and it is about 28 miles (45 m) long.
