Sheath Folds in Salt
David Tanner
LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics, Hannover, Germany
These elliptical traces of the beds in the salt show that fold axes are plunging into the wall on the left and plunging out of the wall on the right. This fold axis behaviour is called "curivlinear" and it is typical of sheath folds. They, in turn, are indicative of high strain. Photo taken in the Morsleben salt mine. Scale 20cm.
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Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
7.8 MB
Width
3648 px
Height
2736 px
Aspect
4:3
Brand
Canon
Model
PowerShot A2000 IS
Exposure
6 mm f/3.2 1/60 s ISO 100
Taken
28 February 2012
Coordinates
52.2265, 11.1003
Tint
Moderate brown
Submitted
18 August 2014
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