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Definition of Monoclinal

Monoclinal
Monoclinal Mon`o*cli"nal, a. [See Monoclinic.] (Geol.) Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.

Meaning of Monoclinal from wikipedia

- A monocline (or, rarely, a monoform) is a step-like fold in rock strata consisting of a zone of steeper dip within an otherwise horizontal or gently dipping...
- The province was uplifted and divided into great blocks by faults or monoclinal flexures which were exposed to long-lasting denudation in a mid-Tertiary...
- fold in which the east side is dropped relative to the west side. This monoclinal fold extends for nearly 100 miles (160 km) in the semi-arid plateau of...
- are thrust or reverse faults. Although other boundaries appear to be monoclinal flexures, faulting is suspected at depth. Most bounding faults show evidence...
- These anticlines have steep, locally vertical northern limbs, forming the monoclinal structures seen at The Needles, Alum Bay and Whitecliff Bay. In the centre...
- Chevron: angular fold with straight limbs and small hinges Slump: typically monoclinal, the result of differential compaction or dissolution during sedimentation...
- sinusoidal folding and of monoclinal flexuring of compressible, elastic multilayers: VI. Asymmetric folding and monoclinal kinking". Tectonophysics. 35...
- upfolds of the basalt. The diverted waters of the Columbia encountered the monoclinal flexure, a steep warping up of 1,000 feet (300 m) toward the northwest...
- original hogback from which the landform derives its name. Formed from a monoclinal fold, leading to steeply dipping chalk beds which are more resistant to...
- Outre-Forêt and Pays de Hanau [fr]. The Northern Vosges M****if consists of a monoclinal tilted to the northeast and is mainly composed of Buntsandstein sandstone...