Fold Types
- Anticline: linear, strata normally dip away from axial center, oldest strata in center.
- Syncline: linear, strata normally dip toward axial center, youngest strata in center.
- Antiform: linear, strata dip away from axial center, age unknown, or inverted.
- Synform: linear, strata dip toward axial centre, age unknown, or inverted.
- Dome: nonlinear, strata dip away from center in all directions, oldest strata in center.
- Basin: nonlinear, strata dip toward center in all directions, youngest strata in center.
- Monocline: linear, strata dip in one direction between horizontal layers on each side.
- Chevron: angular fold with straight limbs and small hinges
- Recumbent: linear, fold axial plane oriented at low angle resulting in overturned strata in one limb of the fold.
- Slump: typically monoclinal, result of differential compaction or dissolution during sedimentation and lithification.
- Ptygmatic: Folds are chaotic, random and disconnected. Typical of sedimentary slump folding, migmatites and decollement detachment zones.
- Parasitic: short wavelength folds formed within a larger wavelength fold structure - normally associated with differences in bed thickness
- Disharmonic: Folds in adjacent layers with different wavelengths and shapes
(A homocline involves strata dipping in the same direction, though not necessarily any folding.)
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