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Monday, 25 May 2015

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Imaggeo on Mondays: A fold belt within a grain 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2015-05-25 18:28:42]  recommend  recommend this post  (103 visits) info

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Tiny crinkly folds form the main basis of today’s Imaggeo on Mondays. Folding can occur on a number of scales; studying folds at all scales can reveal critical information about how rocks behave when they are squeeze and pinched, as described by Sina Martin, from the University of Basel. Although many geoscientists have seen such fold structures many times before, if you noticed the scale bar in the lower left of the image, you might be surprised of the small scale of these folds! The [...]
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