Ductile Structures Photos
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Biotite “fish” in quartz mylonite.
Photomicrograph (thin section view) of Biotite “fish” in quartz mylonite. Sense-of-shear is top-right. (2PM-3)
Download ImageSlaty cleavage and bedding, SE Alaska
Slaty cleavage and bedding, Chilkat River, SE Alaska. (150618-47)
Download ImageAsymmetric anticline and syncline in limestone
Asymmetric anticline and syncline in limestone, Mt. Kidd, Alberta. These folds are fault-propagation folds, as they formed at the termination of the Lewis thrust. (120711-15)
Download ImageCleavage and bedding in limestone and shale.
Cleavage and bedding in gently folded limestone and shale, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. (090706-19)
Download ImageFolded pegmatite dike in slate.
Folded pegmatite in slate, likely caused by dissolution of the slate. Note the cleavage planes in the slate are parallel to the axial surface of the fold, southern British Columbia, Canada. (090704-2).
Download ImageRaplee Monocline, SE Utah
San Juan River flows through folded rocks of the Raplee Anticline, SE Utah. (090321-73)
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