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What is the difference between a monadnock, an inselberg and a monocline?

Question #150361. Asked by odo5435.
Last updated Dec 22 2023.
Originally posted Dec 22 2023 8:19 AM.

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An inselberg is an isolated hill, ridge, or small mountain that abruptly protrudes out from a virtually level surrounding plain. The word inselberg translates to "Island Mountain" in German, and it was first used by Wilhelm Bornhardt in 1900, a geologist who found the landforms in southern Africa. The word monadnock is of Native American origin and it refers to a solitary hill rising above the flat area surrounding it.

link https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/erosion-landforms-what-is-an-inselberg-or-a-monadnock.html
Monocline
A one-sided fold-like structure in which layers of rock warp upwards or downwards.

link https://opengeology.org/textbook/glossary/monocline/


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