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Shear-Folding in the Mylor Slates, near Porthleven, Cornwall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. Stone  and
J. L. M. Lambert
M. Stone
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University College, North Staffordshire.
J. L. M. Lambert
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University College, North Staffordshire.
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Abstract

Recumbent shear folds and their related structures in the Mylor Slates are briefly described. It is concluded that folding has been produced by subhorizontal shearing stresses acting in a northwesterly or south-easterly direction.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 93 , Issue 4 , August 1956 , pp. 331 - 335
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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