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Harshvardhan Sharma posted an Question

July 26, 2020 • 01:03 am

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Rahul kumar

Dear student, please mark the question as answered if I was able to clear your doubt
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Rahul kumar

Ans- Reclined fold. 88 degrees pitch indicates that the fold axis is plunging in the same direction as that of axial plane. So it must be a reclined fold.
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Sajan sarthak Best Answer

Reclined fold reclined fold. As defined by M. J. Fleuty (1964), a dipping neutral fold in which the axial plane dips between 10° and 80° and the pitch of the hinge line on the axial plane is more than 80°.
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remember this
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Got it sir,but can you illustrate this using diagram,I am having difficulty clearly visualising this type of fold firstly and then exactly understanding what is 'pitch'
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see these illustration
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Got it,Thank you very much :)
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you are always welcome
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sorry for another silly doubt
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fold ,fault. fold is symmetrical and fault shows repetition here one strata of fault is not shown
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indeed,its saying (D) in the book, maybe a mistake,
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yes
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