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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.
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.
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.
Fold sketch 3D model. The fold hinge is the line joining points of maximum curvature on a folded surface. This line may be either straight or curved. The term hinge line has also been used for this feature.
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, that conforms with the dip of a resistant stratum or strata, called caprock.
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
Diagram of the geological process of subduction. An accretionary wedge or accretionary prism forms from sediments accreted onto the non-subducting tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary.