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Relationship between folds and cleavage on stereonets

000° Bedding cleavage lineation

270° 090°

Axial planar cleavage

180°

Figure 15: Relationship between axial planar cleavage and fold data on a stereonet.

Both the axial planes of folds and cleavage form
perpendicular to sigma one. Where cleavage
develops in conjunction with folding, the cleavage
will lie parallel to the axial planes. Therefore, the
cleavage will plot parallel to the axial plane on
the stereonet (figure 15).
The bedding cleavage intersection lineation will
lie parallel to the hinge lines of the fold which
means these lineations will plot in a cluster close
to the fold axes on the stereonet (figure 15).
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