1 August 2014

Friday fold: Contorted Rome Formation next to the Max Meadows Fault

Posted by Callan Bentley

My student Mercer Parker shot this one over to me the other day:

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Those are the slim strata of the Rome Formation (a.k.a. Shady*), strongly deformed in the region adjacent to the Max Meadows (“M&M”?) Fault.

Thanks, Mercer!

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* Will the real slim Shady please stand up?