21 December 2018
Friday fold: Samaria Gorge, Crete II
Posted by Callan Bentley
Jay Brodsky, the new Chief Digital Officer for AGU, shared this photo of a folded outcrop he saw in Samaria Gorge in western Crete:
That is a spectacular outcrop! The folds’ axial planes are more or less horizontal, so we’d be justified in calling these “recumbent” folds. I love, the 3D exposure; how we see them sectioned both in profile and also parallel to the bedding plane. Very, very cool.
You know, the very first Friday fold ever (>8 years ago) was also from Samaria Gorge in Crete. My wife Lily was the source, before she was my wife! Jay suggested I get her to take me back there, and I’m starting to think he may be right.
Happy Friday to you, and happy holidays, too.
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.