| 单词 | homoclinal |
| 释义 | > as lemmashomoˈclinal homoˈclinal adj. of, pertaining to, or associated with a homocline. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > fold or dip > [adjective] > homocline homoclinal1916 1916 R. A. Daly in Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. XXVII. 92 The broad, useful concept denoted by the ‘monoclinal’ of W. B. and H. D. Rogers needs a new name... They intended to name a body of strata showing throughout dip in the same direction and for that ‘homocline’ (or ‘homoclinal’; adjective, ‘homoclinal’) is the appropriate word. 1922 C. A. Cotton Geomorphol. N.Z. i. viii. 98 A striking effect of homoclinal drifting is seen where a stream crosses the strike diagonally. 1941 C. A. Cotton Landscape x. 91 Moderately inclined strata now outcrop as homoclinal ridges. 1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. ix. 225 Homoclinal ridges develop upon the dipping beds on the flanks of anticlines and synclines. < as lemmas |
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