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A Correlation Between Cleavage-fan Angle and Bed Thickness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. B. Bayly
M. B. Bayly
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.
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Abstract

A chevron-folded phyllite composed of well contrasted quartzose and micaceous layers was examined. The false cleavage in the mica layers is of fan type and measurements show a correlation between the angle of the fan and the thickness of the layer in which it forms. Such a correlation is to be expected if the folds formed by buckling under lateral compression.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 102 , Issue 3 , June 1965, pp. 246 - 251
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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