Shear-Folding in the Mylor Slates, near Porthleven, Cornwall
- 1 February 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Geological Magazine
- Vol. 93 (4) , 331-335
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800066735
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.Keywords
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