>To Hermann,
>
>I am so pleased you replied to Manas' question. Am I right that the
>stretching lineation parallels the fold axis in this case only because the
>max finite strain is in that direction (ie. not parallel to the fold limbs,
>as it might have been)?
That's correct.
>
>I am curious, in your experience, have you even known an interference fold
>of this kind to produce a cleavage?
For an example just check:
Lüneburg & Lebit 1998. The development of a single cleavage in an
area of repeated folding. Journal of Structural Geology, 20, p.
1531-1548
Hermann
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