PREFERRED TERM
Monocline
DEFINITION
- A fold that is defined by a local steepening of otherwise uniform gentle dipping strata (Dennis, 1967).
BROADER CONCEPT
SCOPE NOTE
- The formation of monoclines is usually related to faults in the sub-surface but may also occur due to differential compaction.
CONTRIBUTOR
- ebnmar
CREATOR
- ebnmar
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Monoklinale
German
URI
http://resource.geolba.ac.at/structure/54