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F1 Cross-folding in the Manx Slate Series, Isle of Man

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Alexander Simpson
Alexander Simpson
Affiliation:
Department Of Geology, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London, W.C.1.
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Abstract

The acute F1 folds in the Isle of Man possess Caledonoid axial planes and plunge predominantly to the north-eastern or south-western quarters at a low angle. Synchronous F1 cross-folding is locally developed and plunges steeply to the north-west or south-east. The axial planes of these acute structures have the same steep Caledonoid orientation as their orthodox associates and they share the same first axial-plane cleavage (S1). The generation of the cross-folding is related to original culminations and depressions in the Caledonoid hinges of the large-scale F1 folds. Comparison is made with early cross-folding in other parts of the Caledonides.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 102 , Issue 5 , October 1965 , pp. 440 - 444
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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