Progressive Detachment Fold
by David Tanner, Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Hannover, Germany
A folded marble/pelite sequence that show how a detachment fold grows from increments of slip on different layers (layer-parallel slip). Sample collected by Steffi Burchardt in Carrara, Italy. Sample was scanned to produce the image. Width of image is 13 cm.
Taken in
1999
Submitted on 22 Jul 2014
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Location
- Europe (3497)
- Southern Europe (1513)
- Italy (381)
- Exact location (10.1159 E, 44.0862 N)
Tags
fold, marble, folded layers, italy, detachment, pelite
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Credit: David Tanner (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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