Structural Geology Photos - Folds
Photo-glossary to complement EES 356
Tectonic Structures - Macro-Scale Folds
![Can Rockies big fold](../files/Can-Rockies-big-fold1.jpg)
- Mt Kidd, Alberta
![nice big swiss fold](../files/nice-big-swiss-fold-1024x665.jpg)
- recumbent fold, Swiss Alps
![BC fold in gneiss](../files/BC-fold-in-gneiss.jpg)
- Fold pair, Canadian Rockies
![bahia Pia fold](../files/bahia-Pia-fold.jpg)
- Folded granite - fold is defined by mafic dikes, Cordillera Darwin, Chile
![carbonate folds mongolia](../files/carbonate-folds-mongolia-1024x655.jpg)
- Folded carbonates, Gobi Altai, Mongolia
![dariv K folds](../files/dariv-K-folds.jpg)
- Folded clastic sediments, Dariv Basin, western Mongolia
![Sisikon fold](../files/Sisikon-fold1.jpg)
- overturned syncline at Sisikon, Switzerland
![Mt Rundle dip slope](../files/Mt-Rundle-dip-slope.jpg)
- Mt Rundle - classic dip slope, Alberta
![israel anticline big](../files/israel-anticline-big-1024x665.jpg)
- Anticline fold limb, Israel
![anticline in wash](../files/anticline-in-wash.jpg)
- small anticline in Dzereg Tertiary basin fill, NW Mongolia
![Kananaskis](../files/Kananaskis.jpg)
- Tilted strata and folds in carbonate sequences, Kananaskis region of Canadian Rockies, Alberta
![Kananaskis closeup](../files/Kananaskis-closeup.jpg)
- close-up of tilted carbonate sequence with small folds and thrust faults, Kananaskis region, Alberta
![folds and thrust together - great photo](../files/folds-and-thrust-together-great-photo-1024x768.jpg)
- Fold sequence with thrust fault, Langshan, China (photo courtesy of Zhang Jin)
![Jura folds](../files/Jura-folds-1024x667.jpg)
- Folds and thrust fault, Swiss Jura
![ushaia folds](../files/ushaia-folds-1024x673.jpg)
- Folds in Monte Martial, Ushuaia, Argentina
![open folds](../files/open-folds2.jpg)
- Open folds in quartzite, Sierra do Espinhaco, Brazil
Folded Triassic strata, Helan Shan
Asymmetric folds, Helan Shan
Fold core detail, Helan Shan
![](../files/DSCN2092-copy-1024x768.jpg)
W-vergent fold, Helan Shan
Overturned fold, Helan Shan, China
Cylindrical fold, Helan Shan
syncline close-up, Helan Shan
Anticline, Helan Shan
overturned fold, Helan Shan, China
Tectonic Structures - Macro-Scale Folds
folded calc-silicate rocks, Granite Wash Mts, Arizona
![](../files/folded-dike.jpg)
folded dike, Cordillera Darwin, Chile
boudinaged folds, western gneiss region, Norway
disharmonic folds
folded marble, eastern Brazil
fold hinge detail
![](../files/marbel-folds-5.jpg)
folds in marble quarry, eastern Brazil
sheath fold eye, marble quarry, eastern Brazil
intrafolial folds
folded basement, Cordillera Darwin, Chile
ptygmatic folds
curvilinear fold hinges, Anglesey, Wales
overturned, strongly vergent antiform, southern Chile
broken folds in melange, Chile
similar folds
![](../files/Img0380folded-flysch-1024x766.jpg)
folded flysch, Nemegt Range, Mongolia
folded phyllite, Rhoscolyn, Wales
folded pelites and quartz veins, Rhoscolyn, Wales
![](../files/DSCN2908-1024x768.jpg)
folded S1 cleavage, Rhoscolyn, Wales
![](../files/DSCN2938-1024x768.jpg)
disharmonic folds, Anglesey, Wales
folds and multiple generations of quartz veins, Rhoscolyn, Wales