steeply-dipping
41Methods of pluton emplacement — are not yet fully understood, but there are many different proposed pluton emplacement mechanisms. Stoping, diapirism and ballooning are the widely accepted mechanisms. There is now evidence of incremental emplacement of plutons. This means that… …
42Brea-Olinda Oil Field — Location of the Brea Olinda Oil Field in Southern California. Other oil fields are shown in dark gray. The Brea Olinda Oil Field is a large oil field in northern Orange County and Los Angeles County, California, along the southern edge of the… …
43joint-plane cave — A cavity high in relation to width developed along steeply dipping joint planes [10] …
44hogback — [hôg′bak΄] n. a ridge with a sharp crest and abruptly sloping sides, often formed by the outcropping edge of steeply dipping rock strata …
45edge coal — noun A steeply dipping coal seam • • • Main Entry: ↑edge …
46Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
47Homocline — In structural geology, a uniclinal structure, homoclinal structure, unicline or homocline (from old el. homo = same, cline = inclination)cite web |url=http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/erth350/erth350.htm |title=Overview of Structural Geology… …
48Religious symbolism in the United States military — Insignias (left to right) for Christian, Muslim and Jewish chaplains are shown on the uniforms of three U.S. Navy chaplains, 1998. (These were the only insignias in use at that time.) Religious symbolism in the United States military includes the …
49Africa — /af ri keuh/, n. 1. a continent S of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian oceans. 551,000,000; ab. 11,700,000 sq. mi. (30,303,000 sq. km). adj. 2. African. * * * I Second largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea,… …
50mountain — mountainless, adj. /mown tn/, n. 1. a natural elevation of the earth s surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 ft. (610 m). 2. a large mass of something… …
