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7.2.11 Asymmetrical Fold

In an asymmetrical fold the strata of one limb of the fold dip more steeply than those of the other. In this type of fold the axial plane or surface is inclined.


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Asymmetric folds
Asymmetric folds
Press, F. and R. Siever.
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W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, 1982.
Asymmetric folds  An anticline in Pennsylvanian strata, Darwin, California. 

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