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homocline
homocline Geol. (ˈhɒməʊklaɪn) [f. homo- + cline, as in anticline, syncline, etc.] A set of strata dipping throughout in the same general direction; esp. one over which the angle of dip is more or less uniform.1915 R. A. Daly in Geol. Survey Canada Mem. lxviii. 53 For convenience the word ‘homocline’...
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Homocline
In structural geology, a homocline or homoclinal structure (from old = same, cline = inclination), is a geological structure in which the layers of a A homocline can be associated with either one limb of a fold, the edges of a dome, , slice of thrust fault, or a tilted fault block.
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Homocline (disambiguation)
Homocline may refer to:
Geology
Homocline, a type of geological structure
Geomorphology
Homoclinal ridge, one of a number of topographic features (landforms ) created by the erosion of tilted strata, i.e. a homocline
Mathematics
Homoclinic orbit
Homoclinic bifurcation
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monocline
monocline Geol. (ˈmɒnəklaɪn) [Formed as monoclin-al; cf. anti-, iso-, syncline.] a. A monoclinal fold.1879 Geikie in Encycl. Brit. X. 300/1 The strata are thus bent up and continue on the other side of the tilt at a higher level. Such bends are called monoclines or monoclinal folds, because they pre...
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Monocline
the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England
Fore-Sudetic Monocline, Poland
Sindh Monocline, Pakistan
Torres Flexure, southern Brazil
See also
Anticline
Homocline
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uniclinal
uniclinal, a. Geol. (juːnɪˈklaɪnəl) [f. uni- + Gr. κλιν- (see clino-) + -al1.] Characterized by a uniform angle of dip; formed by uniformly dipping strata; = homoclinal adj. s.v. homocline. (In quot. 1884 = monoclinal a. b.)1846 Darwin Geol. Obs. S. Amer. vii. 197 The masses having these different i...
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Syncline
Gallery
See also
Anticline
Homocline
Monocline
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
References
Structural geology
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monoclinal
monoclinal, a. and n. Geol. (mɒnəʊˈklaɪnəl) [f. Gr. µόνο-ς mono- + κλῑ́ν-ειν to bend + -al1. Cf. anti-, iso-, synclinal.] A. adj. a. Consisting of strata that slope in the same direction and at the same angle throughout. In quot. 1876 the word appears to have been used with a slightly different mean...
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Synclinal
Synclinal, in alkane stereochemistry, a torsion angle between 30° to 90° and –30° to –90°
See also
Homocline
Newman projection
Detachment fold
Gauche
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Anticline
Syncline
Homocline
River anticlines
References
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Structural geology
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Nastapoka arc
Adjacent to the Nastapoka arc, these strata form a homocline that dips gently westward and consist of unmetamorphosed to slightly metamorphosed sandstone
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Laga Basin
A homocline consisting of Pliocene-Pleistocene aged deposits that dip toward the Adriatic sea marks the northern and eastern boundaries of the basin.
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Cottonwood Limestone
Here, a prominent and consistent outcropping visibly demonstrates the general Prairie Plains homocline that is characteristic of the surface sedimentary
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Russell Ranch Oil Field
The oil is in a large homocline, including porous sedimentary units dipping northeast and essentially planar, which terminate at the Russell Fault, a normal The oil-bearing rocks in the homocline – the Santa Margarita and Vaqueros Formations, of late and early Miocene age respectively – are sandstones with
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Honor Rancho Oil Field
dipping to the southeast; most of the hydrocarbon accumulation is along the southwest flank of this structure,(1959) which resembles a southwest-dipping homocline
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