In structural geology, a homocline, or homoclinal structure, is a geological structure in which a sequence of rock strata, sedimentary or igneous, dips uniformly in a single direction with a consistent inclination in both direction and angle. A homocline can be associated with one limb of a fold, the edge of a dome, coastward-tilted strata beneath a coastal plain, a thrust-fault slice, or a tilted fault block; where the strata alternate between layers of differing hardness and resistance to erosion, erosion of a homocline produces a cuesta, a homoclinal ridge, or a hogback, depending on the angle of dip.
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