monocline

monocline
    a) [ landform ]
   A unit of folded strata that dips from the horizontal in one direction only, is not part of an anticline or syncline, and occurs at the earth’s surface. This structure is typically present in plateau areas where nearly flat strata locally assume steep dips caused by differential vertical movements without faulting.
   Compare: anticline, syncline, fold.
   SW & HP.
    b) [ structural geology ]
   A local steepening in an otherwise uniform gentle dip.
   GG

Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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  • Monocline — Mon o*cline, n. (Geol.) A monoclinal fold. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • monocline — [män′ō klīn΄, män′əklīn΄] n. [< MONO + Gr klinein, to incline: see LEAN1] a monoclinal rock fold or structure …   English World dictionary

  • Monocline — block diagram of a monocline …   Wikipedia

  • monocline — (mo no kli n ) adj. Terme de botanique. Plante monocline, dite aussi hermaphrodite, plante qui est pourvue des deux sexes dans une même fleur. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Mono..., et terme grec signifiant lit …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • monocline — noun Date: 1879 an oblique geologic fold …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • monocline — /mon euh kluyn /, n. Geol. a monoclinal structure or fold. [1875 80; back formation from MONOCLINAL] * * * …   Universalium

  • monocline — noun a) A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline b) A single flexure in otherwise flat lying strata …   Wiktionary

  • monocline — n. (Geology) rock formation in which the strata slopes in only one direction …   English contemporary dictionary

  • monocline — [ mɒnə(ʊ)klʌɪn] noun Geology a bend in rock strata that are otherwise uniformly dipping or horizontal. Derivatives monoclinal adjective Origin C19: from mono + Gk klinein to lean …   English new terms dictionary

  • monocline — mono·cline …   English syllables

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