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MONOCLINE FOLD [1 record]

Record 1 2012-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
DEF

A fold in which the bend is in only one direction ...

OBS

... the rock stratum changes its dip by increasing its angle of inclination and then levels out again or resumes its original dip.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques

Spanish

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