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Not-folded –an effect of apparent dip
Steeply dipping rocks look folded because of apparent dip (see photo 120709-95 for true dip view). Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada (120709-43)
Download ImageMinoan ruins, Crete
Minoan ruins along the north shore of Crete, Greece, destroyed by the tsunami of Santorini eruption ~3.6ka. (180330-24)
Download ImageMinoan ruins, Crete (vertical)
Minoan ruins along the north shore of Crete, Greece, buried by colluvium and shallow marine clastics. (180330-13)
Download ImageMinoan ruins, Crete
Minoan ruins along the north shore of Crete, Greece, buried by colluvium and shallow marine clastics. (180330-12)
Download ImageDetachment fault, Crete
Cretan Detachment fault, with Tripolitsa marble above Plattenkalk metaflysch (180329-90)
Download ImageDetachment fault, Crete
Cretan Detachment fault, with Tripolitsa marble above PlattenKalk metaflysch (180329-83)
Download ImageRecumbent fold in marble
Recumbent fold in marble (of the Plattenkalk Series, Crete, Greece) with faint hint of axial planar cleavage (180329-75)
Download ImageAsymmetric antiform with disrupted limb
Asymmetric antiform in marble and quartzite with disrupted limb. Note the rootless quartzitic fold hinges within the main bed. Rock is of the Plattenkalk Series, Crete, Greece (180329-73)
Download ImageBoudinage of quartzite in marble (vertical)
Boudinage of quartzite in marble. Rock is of the Plattenkalk Series, Crete, Greece (180329-69)
Download ImageAsymmetric folds in marble and quartzite
Asymmetric antiform-synform pair in marble and quartzite. Rock is of the Plattenkalk Series, Crete, Greece. (180329-68)
Download ImageRecumbent fold in marble
Recumbent fold in marble and quartzite (marble is gray). Rock is of the Plattenkalk Series, Crete, Greece. (180329-62)
Download ImageBoudinage of quartzite in marble
Boudinage of quartzite in marble. Rock is of the Plattenkalk Series, Crete, Greece. (180329-59)
Download ImageRecumbent fold in marble
Recumbent fold in marble and quartzite (marble is gray). Rock is of the Plattenkalk Series, Crete, Greece. (180329-55)
Download ImageSimilar folds in marble and quartzite
Similar folds (passive folding) in marble and quartzite. Rock is of the Plattenkalk Series, Crete, Greece (180329-50)
Download ImageFault gouge along detachment (vertical)
Fault gouge developed along the Cretan Detachment fault, Greece (180329-37)
Download ImageFault gouge, Cretan Detachment, Greece
Fault gouge developed along the Cretan Detachment fault, Greece (180329-36)
Download ImageFault gouge, Cretan Detachment, Greece
Fault gouge developed along the Cretan Detachment fault, Greece (180329-35)
Download ImageUplifted wave-cut notch, Crete, Greece
Wave-cut notch, uplifted about 1 meter above the waves from 365AD Cretan Earthquake. (180328-91)
Download ImagePocket beach, Southern coast of Crete, Greece
Pocket sandy beach on the southern coast of Crete, Greece (180328-79)
Download ImageTalus cone -made of colluvium from cliffs above
Talus cone -made of colluvium and rock fallen from limestone cliffs above. Crete, Greece. (180328-66)
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