monocline
/ˈmɒnə(ʊ)klʌɪn
/noun Geology
A bend in rock strata that are otherwise uniformly dipping or horizontal.This rotation caused the large-scale monoclines that characterize the footwall geometry of the Güney and Kuzey detachments....
- The Triassic limestones are stacked along monoclines of c.1 km thickness gently dipping toward the north.
- Ductile fabrics and tectonic boundaries in the southern part of the Cine massif outline a large-scale monocline, the tectonic significance of which is not known.
Derivatives
monoclinal
/ adjective ...- The conspicuous monoclinal folding of Caledonian nappes in the half-graben above the Hardangerfjord Shear Zone is the most outstanding expression associated with the shear zone.
- The result is a monoclinal rollover anticline, its tightness increasing progressively with continued fault displacement.
- The subhorizontal or gently northwest-dipping stratification of the nappe stack would rotate during the shearing to form the monoclinal structure.
Origin
Late 19th century: from mono- 'single' + Greek klinein 'to lean'.