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27 January 2012
Friday fold: Twisted turbidites
These are turbidites of the Malmsbury Group in South Africa, on the east shore of False Bay. A couple of nice little folds running sub-vertically through the package… Happy Friday!
Callan Bentley is an assistant professor of geology at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia. He is particularly interested in structural geology and the evolution of the Appalachian mountain belt. Callan draws cartoons and writes for EARTH magazine. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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