The St Christophe fold
This fold structure has formed in the hanging-wall to a thrust. You can see the nature
of a bedding plane here.Other bedding planes have the following orientations (strike-dip)
- 038-20SE, 019-86E, 196-46W, 192-80W, 030-16SE. Use these to deduce the orientation of
the fold hinge line.
What do these observations suggest as the folding mechanism here?
![stchristophea.jpg (25097 bytes)](stchristophe.jpg) |
This anticline is one of the Jura folds that converges southwards into
the Chartreuse area. Here we see the forelimb of the fold in a quarry. |
![striaefolda.jpg (36962 bytes)](striaefold.jpg) |
The bedding planes have striations on them. This bedding surface is
oriented 192-80W, with striations pitching 80 degrees N. Relate this to the fold hinge
line. |