Structural Geology Photos - Folds

Photo-glossary to complement EES 356

Tectonic Structures - Macro-Scale Folds

: Mt Kidd, Alberta

: recumbent fold, Swiss Alps

: Fold pair, Canadian Rockies

: Folded granite - fold is defined by mafic dikes, Cordillera Darwin, Chile

: Folded carbonates, Gobi Altai, Mongolia

: Folded clastic sediments, Dariv Basin, western Mongolia

: overturned syncline at Sisikon, Switzerland

: Mt Rundle - classic dip slope, Alberta

: Anticline fold limb, Israel

: small anticline in Dzereg Tertiary basin fill, NW Mongolia

: Tilted strata and folds in carbonate sequences, Kananaskis region of Canadian Rockies, Alberta

: close-up of tilted carbonate sequence with small folds and thrust faults, Kananaskis region, Alberta

: Fold sequence with thrust fault, Langshan, China (photo courtesy of Zhang Jin)

: Folds and thrust fault, Swiss Jura

: Folds in Monte Martial, Ushuaia, Argentina

: Open folds in quartzite, Sierra do Espinhaco, Brazil

Folded Triassic strata, Helan Shan

Asymmetric folds, Helan Shan

Fold core detail, Helan Shan

W-vergent fold, Helan Shan

Overturned fold, Helan Shan, China

Cylindrical fold, Helan Shan

syncline close-up, Helan Shan

Anticline, Helan Shan

overturned fold, Helan Shan, China

Tectonic Structures - Macro-Scale Folds

folded calc-silicate rocks, Granite Wash Mts, Arizona

folded dike, Cordillera Darwin, Chile

boudinaged folds, western gneiss region, Norway

disharmonic folds

folded marble, eastern Brazil

fold hinge detail

folds in marble quarry, eastern Brazil

sheath fold eye, marble quarry, eastern Brazil

intrafolial folds

folded basement, Cordillera Darwin, Chile

ptygmatic folds

curvilinear fold hinges, Anglesey, Wales

overturned, strongly vergent antiform, southern Chile

broken folds in melange, Chile

similar folds

folded flysch, Nemegt Range, Mongolia

folded phyllite, Rhoscolyn, Wales

folded pelites and quartz veins, Rhoscolyn, Wales

folded S1 cleavage, Rhoscolyn, Wales

disharmonic folds, Anglesey, Wales

folds and multiple generations of quartz veins, Rhoscolyn, Wales