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homocline

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homocline [′hä·mə‚klīn]
(geology)
Any rock unit in which the strata exhibit the same dip.
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The sedimentary bedrock strata have a regular southward inclination (7-15', azimuth 179[degrees]) and Palaeozoic layers form a gently dipping homocline.
Influence of the bedrock topography on oil shale mining in North-East ... by Miidel, A.; Raukas, A.; Tavast, E.; Vaher, R. / Oil Shale
These are generally interpreted as remnants of the cratonic crust that was rifted during Mesoproterozoic extension, the eastern limit of which may be reflected in a prominent series of west-facing crustal-scale homoclines beneath the Foreland Belt.
PanLITHOPROBE workshop IV: IntraOrogen correlations and comparative ... by van Staal, C. / Geoscience Canada
[FIGURE 2 OMITTED] The Piusa-Tabina area is located within the SE marginal zone of the gentle slope of the Fennoscandian Shield where the sedimentary cover forms a uniform Estonian Homocline (Puura & Vaher 1997).
Clastic dikes in Middle Devonian sandstones of the Gauja Formation, ... by Kleesment, Anne; Puura, Vaino; Kallaste, Toivo / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
 
 
 
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