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- tilted somewhat from the horizontal. This results in a long and gentle backslope called a dip slope that conforms with the dip of resistant strata, called...
- ridge with a moderate, generally between 10° and 30°, sloping backslope. Its backslope is a dip slope, that conforms with the dip of a resistant stratum...
- topped by harder rock Homoclinal ridge – Ridge with a moderate sloping backslope and steeper frontslope Inselberg, also known as Monadnock – Isolated,...
- slightly lowered and reduced in steepness by erosion. Dip slopes form the backslopes of cuestas, homoclinal ridges, hogbacks, and flatirons. The frontslopes...
- cohesive definition such as hill-tops, shoulders, saddles, foreslopes and backslopes. Some generic landform elements including: pits, peaks, channels, ridges...
- homoclinal, and typically sedimentary strata. One side of a hogback (its backslope) consists of the surface (bedding plane) of a steeply dipping rock stratum...
- Boston residents. "Fringe activities" occurred on "Mount ****dom", the backslope of Beacon Hill. Beacon Street was established in 1708 from a cow path...
- only affected by waves during exceptional high tides or severe storms. backslope The part of the profile of a hillslope that forms the steepest, typically...
- equations are defined as follows: OCR Overconsolidation ratio β Angle of the backslope measured to the horizontal δ Wall friction angle θ Angle of the wall measured...
- part of south London (Sutton, Banstead and Croydon) lying on the chalk backslope of the North Downs. The centre of the basin is dominated by the modern...