isoclinal
/ˌʌɪsə(ʊ)ˈklʌɪn(ə)l
/adjective Geology
Denoting a fold in which the two limbs are parallel.Large tight or isoclinal folds with limbs several tens of metres long occur locally....
- However, quarry outcrops of mainly white halitic mylonites display isoclinal folds that suggest a more impressive past.
- These isoclinal folds deform ‘early’ domains which record a pre-Main Central Thrust compositional banding.
Origin
Mid 19th century (denoting 'equal magnetic inclination'): from iso- 'equal' + Greek klinein 'to lean, slope' + -al.