10 Amazing Geological Folds you

should see
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Folds are some of the most common geological phenomena you see in
the world a geological fold occurs when planar (usually
sedimentary) layers are curved and/or bent, permanently deformed
due to outside pressure. Folds sizes can vary from microscopic
to mountain sized.

The folds of the rocks at position Apoplystra

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The folds of the rocks at position Apoplystra, between the

village of St. Paul and the sandhills (Greece) are remarkably
colorful.
Photo credit: by G. Shuttleworth.
Slump Folds at Antipaxos Island in Greece

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Slump Folds, Oligocene carbonate sediments exposed on the Ionian

Island of Antipaxos, Greece.
Photo credit: : Maki Doukouros

The Sideling Hill, Maryland, USA

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The Sideling Hill rock cut is famous for its impressive geologic
display, exposing layers of sedimentary rock folded in a broad
syncline.
Photo credit: Schnabel Engineering, Inc.
Folded Carbonates flysch, France

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Folded Carbonates flysch in Basque Country, France.

Photo credit: Thibault Cavailhes
The Chevron folds, North Cornwall, United Kingdom

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Chevron folds are a structural feature characterized by repeated

well behaved folded beds with straight limbs and sharp hinges.
Well developed, these folds develop repeated set of v-shaped
beds. They develop in response to regional or local compressive
stress. Inter-limb angles are generally 60 degrees or less.
Photo credit: Nik on Flickr

Mount Head, Canada

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Located in the Highwood River Valleysouth of Head Creek and north

of Wileman Creek. Highwood Range, Kananaskis Park, Alberta
Photo credit: ZME Science
Richat Structure, Sahara desert of Mauritania

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The Richat Structure in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania. Long

considered to be an impact structure, it is now believed by most
to be a structural dome. The Richat Structure is a deeply eroded,
slightly elliptical dome with a diameter of 40 km. The
sedimentary rock exposed in this dome ranges in age from Late
Proterozoic within the center of the dome to Ordovician sandstone
around its edges
Photo credit: Viva NOLA on Flickr
The Folded layers in valley in Namibia

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Geologic Folds in the Lower Ugab valley in Namibia.

Photo credit: Unknown

Folded beds at Eilat mountains, Israel

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Some seriously folded and faulted rocks at Eilat mountains,

southern Israel.
Photo Credit: Iyad M. Swaed
Folded banded iron formation, Minnesota

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Folded banded iron formation with shale interbeds, exposed in a

pavement near Soudan, Minnesota.
Photo Credit: Callan Bentley/American Geophysical Union
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