8 July 2016

Friday folds: Kinkell Braes, Scotland

Posted by Callan Bentley

When I took you on a virtual field trip to Kinkell Braes earlier this week, I didn’t mention that the sandstones are folded there, now did I?

Let me remedy that omission now:

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That is a plunging anticline that you could actually take a plunge into:

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And here’s a syncline to match.

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Happy Friday. Hope your week was a good one, and that your weekend is even better.