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Variably oriented co-planar primary folds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

G. J. Borradaile*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham

Summary

Curved and other variably oriented minor F1 folds with a common axial–planar cleavage are described from the Dalradian of the South-West Scottish Highlands. An explanation for the varying orientations is offered in terms of progressive deformation following the arguments of Flinn (1962) and Ramsay (1967).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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