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Record 1 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

Descending in a direction opposite to that of the dip of the strata.

OBS

Opposed to cataclinal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

Incliné en sens contraire du pendage des couches.

CONT

La terminologie descriptive des reliefs de cuesta repose en partie sur les rapports entre la direction des pentes (des versants ou des talwegs) et celle du pendage des strates. On appelle cataclinales la pente, la vallée qui descendent dans le même sens que les strates, anaclinales celles qui vont en sens inverse [...]

CONT

Un bassin anaclinal est incliné en sens contraire à la dépression.

OBS

Antonyme : cataclinal.

OBS

cuesta : Rebord de plateau en structure sédimentaire monoclinale comportant la superposition de couches résistantes à des couches tendres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
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