- A
homoclinal ridge or
strike ridge is a hill or
ridge with a moderate,
generally between 10° and 30°,
sloping backslope. Its
backslope is a dip slope,...
- In
structural geology, a
homocline or
homoclinal structure (from old Gr****: homo = same, cline = inclination), is a
geological structure in
which the layers...
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reduced in
steepness by erosion. Dip
slopes form the
backslopes of cuestas,
homoclinal ridges, hogbacks, and flatirons. The
frontslopes of such
ridges consist...
- plug
Bornhardt Cuesta Dome Fault-block
mountain Fold
mountain Hogback Homoclinal ridge Table and mesa
Tepui (Guiana Highlands)
Traprock mountain Belki...
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differential erosion of outcropping,
steeply dipping (greater than 30–40°),
homoclinal, and
typically sedimentary strata. One side of a
hogback (its backslope)...
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arcuate ridges.
Strike ridges are
subdivided into cuestas, flatirons,
homoclinal ridges, and hogbacks. Reef A term
applied by
early explorers and settlers...
- fact that the main body of the
reservoir is
contained between several homoclinal ridges. A
ridge composed of
Dakota sandstone runs
along the east side...
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Country United States State Idaho County Boundary Topo map(s) USGS: Naples,
Dodge Peak, Moravia, and
Roman Nose
Geology Mountain type
Homoclinal ridge...
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horizontal distance perpendicular to the
strike of the beds. Cuestas,
homoclinal ridges, and
hogbacks comprise a
sequence of
landforms that form a gradational...
- (19 mi). The
Sturgeon Lake
Caldera contains a well
preserved north facing homoclinal chain of
greenschist facies metamorphosed intrusive, volcanic, and sedimentary...
