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Description: Asymmetric folds developed within a dextral sense shear zone near Cala Portixol, Cap de Creus area, Catalunya. Wavelength varies with quartz mylonite layer thickness. Pen for scale - 14 cm long
Title: Dextral shear folds
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Author: Mikenorton
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