Portvasgo

Example of a sheath fold developed in Moine psammites. This fold has a test-tube like shape in 3D, visible in the outcrop. An intense stretching lineation plunges parallel to the length of the "tube" - the main hinge line of the sheath fold. Folds like this are thought to require very high values of simple shear in order to form.

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