Question

3. You are examining a rock outcrop that shows a fold in which both limbs are horizontal but occur at different elevations. What type of fold does this outcrop show, and what can you say about the type of stress that the rock underwent?

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Answer:

We recognize several different kinds of folds. Monoclines are the simplest types of folds. Monoclines occur when horizontal strata are bent upward so that the two limbs of the fold are still horizontal. ... Synclines and anticlines usually occur together such that the limb of a syncline is also the limb of an anticline