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HOMOCLINAL STRUCTURE [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

Of or relating to a homocline.

CONT

The general regional structure of the domain is homoclinal, but locally the rocks are very complexly faulted and folded.

OBS

homoclinal : term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Homoclinal series.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Le domaine de Vassan forme une séquence homoclinale, à polarité vers le sud, de laves volcaniques ultramafiques et mafiques.

OBS

homoclinal : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Série homoclinale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A series of beds dipping in one direction.

CONT

The Huronian [Supergroup] ... contains a number of basic and acid plutonic intrusions. It forms a southward facing homocline ...

OBS

Used in a more restricted sense than a monocline in that it applies to small or fragmentary areas.

OBS

homocline: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Série de couches ayant la même inclinaison.

OBS

Si plusieurs accidents successifs présentent le même caractère et si l'érosion a enlevé les charnières anticlinales sans atteindre les charnières synclinales, tous les pendages visibles sont à peu près les mêmes, et seule l'analyse stratigraphique permet de distinguer synclinaux et anticlinaux. Daly a proposé le terme «homocline», avec un sens très voisin de isoclinal.

OBS

homoclinal : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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