Meanings
- not comparableRelating to a mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection.
If it is desired to construct an accurate clinographic projection from an othographic projection of a specimen, detailed directions may be found in Dana's Textbook of Mineralogy.
1938, Eleanora Frances Bliss Knopf, Earl Ingerson, Structural Petrology, page 225 - not comparablePertaining to the display or analysis of slope or incline.
clinographic analysis
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The terminology of clinographic curves is somewhat confusing. Strictly speaking, if the hypsographic curve shows the distribution of height of a given area, the clinographic curve should show the distribution of slope in a given area·
2004, Michael Bishop, John F. Shroder, Geographic Information Science and Mountain Geomorphology, page 116The clinographic curves reveal the breaks in slope and sudden changes in the relief of the area and they also present the general trend of the surface.
2005, Md Babar, Hydrogeomorphology: Fundamentals, Applications and Techniques, page 133
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