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7.2.6 Monocline

Monoclines are relatively simple examples of deformation, involving an elastic bending of sedimentary layers. Where the bedding is relatively horizontal, the strata may locally assume a steeper dip, forming a steplike bend.


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Monocline
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W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, 1982.
Monocline  Waterpocket monocline, looking north.  Waterpocket monocline, looking south. 

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