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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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monoclinous
monoclinous, a. (mɒnəʊˈklaɪnəs) [f. F. monocline (1799), or mod.L. monoclīnus, f. Gr. µόνο-ς mono- + κλίνη bed, couch: see -ous.] 1. Bot. Having both stamens and pistils in the same flower, hermaphrodite.1828 Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 466 Those vegetables where the male and female organs occur on t... Oxford English Dictionary
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Intermontane Plateaus
Associated with these irregular escarpments are occasional rectilinear ridges, the work of extensive erosion on monoclinal structures. When this old-mountain lowland was broken into blocks and the blocks were tilted, their attitude, but not their structure, was monoclinal. wikipedia.org
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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Steep structure
These structures occur as narrow, east-west trending, antiformal and/or monoclinal zones of high strain characterised by the rotation of regional foliation wikipedia.org
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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Grand Veymont
Its geology is similar to that of the "haut plateaux" of the Vercors Massif to the west, but differs from that of the valley to the east, which is monoclinal wikipedia.org
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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’... Oxford English Dictionary
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Monterrey, Casanare
Monterrey is home to many Monoclinal ridges corresponding to elongated forms in the form of asymmetric blades that protrude due to their height within wikipedia.org
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diaclinal
diaclinal, a. Geol. (daɪəˈklaɪnəl) [f. Gr. διά through + κλίν-ειν to bend + -al.] Of a valley, river, etc.: crossing a fold; passing through an anticline or syncline.1874 J. W. Powell in Bull. Philos. Soc. Washington I. 50 Still other valleys were found cutting across folds. These were called diacli... Oxford English Dictionary
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Hogback (geology)
Formed from a monoclinal fold, leading to steeply dipping chalk beds which are more resistant to erosion than the flanking clays. wikipedia.org
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Laramide orogeny
Although other boundaries appear to be monoclinal flexures, faulting is suspected at depth. wikipedia.org
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cataclinal
cataclinal, a. Geol. Now rare. (kætəˈklaɪnəl) [f. Gr. κατακλινής sloping, f. κατά down + κλίνειν to bend + -al. Cf. monoclinal a. and n.] (See quot. 1875.) Cf. anaclinal a.1875 J. W. Powell Expl. Colorado River ii. xi. 160, I have..classified these valleys..in the following manner..cataclinal, valle... Oxford English Dictionary
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Waterpocket Fold
This monoclinal fold extends for nearly in the semi-arid plateau of the central part of the state. wikipedia.org
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uparch
upˈarch, v. Geol. [f. up- 4.] trans. To raise (strata, etc.) to form a broad dome or anticline. Hence upˈarching vbl. n., the raising of strata into an anticlinal form; the structure so produced.1877 G. K. Gilbert Rep. Geol. Henry Mountains iv. 95 So soon as the lava can uparch the strata it does so... Oxford English Dictionary
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