Pic of the day #35 (mechanism of folding)

Pic src: Earth structure – An introduction to structural geology and tectonics

Left figure: Compression of a clay block of uniform color (a), with irregularly shaped layers of different colors (b), or with uniform colored layers separated by thin sheets of rubber (c).
Right figure: Bending (a) and buckling (b) of a layer

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