Folding on the microscale
by David Tanner, Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Hannover, Germany
Highly crenulated Ordovician micaschist. In the fine-grained layers, the wavelength of the crenulation is less than 0.5 mm! Sample 11cm wide.
Taken on 3
June
2016
Submitted on 3 Jun 2016
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Location
- Europe (3496)
- Western Europe (690)
- France (151)
- Exact location (2.9898 E, 43.5040 N)
Tags
fold, folded layers, schist, metamorphism, foliation
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Canon EOS 1100D
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Credit: David Tanner (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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