"downflexing" meaning in English

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          "text": "Thus the \"step-like thickening of the crust\" mentioned by Sobczak & Stephens (1974) may be coincident with a block fault system at the margin of the Franklinian geosyncline, movements along which caused downflexing and subsidence that controlled trough sedimentation.",
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