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Homocline near Lulworth Cove, England Diagram of a homocline Homocline in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In structural geology, a homocline or homoclinal structure (from old Greek: homo = same, cline = inclination), is a geological structure in which the layers of a sequence of rock strata, either sedimentary or igneous, dip uniformly in a single direction having the same general inclination in ...
A homoclinic orbit An oriented homoclinic orbit A twisted homoclinic orbit. In the study of dynamical systems, a homoclinic orbit is a path through phase space which joins a saddle equilibrium point to itself.
Originally horizontal strata deformed due to stress. Structural geology is the study of the three-dimensional distribution of rock units with respect to their deformational histories.
A three-component compatibility diagram will depict the stable phase of each pure component as the point at each corner of a ternary diagram. Additional points in the diagram represent other pure phases, and lines connecting pairs of these points represent compositions at which the two phases are the only phases present.
Possible modes of formation of monoclines. Monoclines may be formed in several different ways (see diagram) By differential compaction over an underlying structure, particularly a large fault at the edge of a basin due to the greater compactibility of the basin fill, the amplitude of the fold will die out gradually upwards.
Homocline may refer to: Geology. Homocline, a type of geological structure; Geomorphology. Homoclinal ridge, one of a number of topographic features (landforms) created by the erosion of tilted strata, i.e. a homocline; Mathematics. Homoclinic orbit; Homoclinic bifurcation
A syncline is a fold of rocks with younger rock layers closer to the center of the structure, whereas an anticline is the inverse of a syncline.
An autochthon in structural geology is a large block or mass of rock which is in the place of its original formation relative to its basement or foundation rock. The word is derived from Greek: autos means self, and chthon means earth.