noting, pertaining to, or composed of strata dipping in only one direction
noun
2.
monocline
Derived forms
monoclinally
adverb
Word origin
[1835–45; mono- + Gk kli᷇n(ein) to incline + -al1]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: communism, crosshead, ecumenical, hot plate, serial
Examples of 'monoclinal' in a sentence
monoclinal
Gas reservoirs can also be formed in the monoclinal structures which were formed after the late structural adjustment.
Zhongping Li, Lingbo Ran, Huaji Li, Feng Liu, Wenya Zhou, Yu Xiang 2016, 'Fault features and enrichment laws of narrow-channel distal tight sandstone gas reservoirs:A case study of the Jurassic Shaximiao Fm gas reservoir in the Zhongjiang Gas Field,Sichuan Basin', Natural Gas Industry Bhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352854017300086. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)