TYPE OF FOLDS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, Lecture notes of Earth science

Download TYPE OF FOLDS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION and more Lecture notes Earth science in PDF only on Docsity! FOLD S GROUP 4 FOLD is a structural feature that is formed when planar surfaces are bent or curved. TYPES OF FOLDS MONOCLINE S ANTICLINES SYNCLINES are the simplest types of folds occur when the horizontal layers are bent upward so that the two limbs of the fold are still horizontal MONOCLIN ES Example of Monocline are fold structures when the original rock layers have been folded downward and the two limbs of the fold dip inward toward the hinge of the fold SYNCLINE S Syncline sidling hill Usually occur together such that the limb of a syncline is also the limb of a syncline The anticline may form mountains, hills or ridges while syncline may form valleys ANTICLINES AND SYNCLINES