A homoclinal ridge, or strike ridge, is a hill or ridge whose backslope, a dip slope, inclines moderately, generally between ten and thirty degrees, following the dip of a resistant caprock stratum. Its opposite side, the frontslope, is a steeper or even cliff like escarpment cut through the same dipping strata where the caprock outcrops.
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In Discipline: Geomorphology, Lead paragraph
A homoclinal ridge or strike ridge is a hill or ridge with a moderate, generally between 10° and 30°, sloping backslope
Caused By: Erosion, Lead sentence
The surface of hard, erosion-resistant rock strata forms the caprock of the backslope (dip-slope) of the homoclinal ridges from which erosion has preferentially stripped any weaker strata.
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