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An Analysis of the Deformation in a Fold in North-east Tasmania*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Emyr Williams
Emyr Williams
Affiliation:
Geological Survey, Department of Mines, Box 124b, G. P. O., Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
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Abstract

Microscope studies of a flattened fold are consistent with conclusions from macroscopic observations that whereas mudstone cleavage development may have resulted from a laminar-type flow governed by competent confining sandstone beds, the sandstone cleavage appears to be related to the dilation of texture during the early stages of deformation. Continued deformation results in a textural disruption of the initially competent sandstone, which is considered to allow flattening.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 103 , Issue 2 , April 1966 , pp. 115 - 119
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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Published by permission of Department of Mines, Tasmania.

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