Homoclinal ridge

The opposite slope, its frontslope, that forms the front of a homoclinal ridge consists of an escarpment that cuts across the bedding of the strata comprising it.

Because of the moderately dipping nature of the strata that forms a homoclinal ridge, a significant shift in horizontal location will take place the landscape is lowered by erosion.

[1][2][4][5] Because the slope of a homoclinal ridge dips in the same direction as the sedimentary strata underlying it, the dip angle of this bedding (Ө) can be calculated by v/h= tan(Ө) where v is equal to the vertical distance and h is equal to the horizontal distance perpendicular to the strike of the beds.

[6] Cuestas, homoclinal ridges, and hogbacks comprise a sequence of landforms that form a gradational continuum.

Because they are gradational in nature, the exact angle of the backslope used to define these landforms is arbitrary and can vary in the scientific literature.

Escarpments of homoclinal ridges southwest of Fort Collins, Colorado , USA. The distant ridge is Dakota sandstone. The prominent ridges in the center of the photo are sandstones of the Lyons and Ingleside formations.