Fold styles

The photographs on this page illustrate different fold styles, distinguished by the shapes of the folded layers.

Approximately parallel fold (class 1) in sandstone, Cox's Cove, Newfoundland

Approximately parallel fold (class 1) in sandstone of Irishtown Formation (Cambrian), Humber Arm Allochthon, Cox's Cove, Newfoundland

Approximately similar fold (class 2) in slate, Old Man's Pond, Newfoundland

Approximately similar fold (class 2) in Cambrain slate, Old Man's Pond, Newfoundland

Kink folds in slate, Tancook, Nova Scotia

Angular similar folds in Mississippian gypsum (Windsor Group), Pomquet, Nova Scotia

Kink folds in slate, Tancook, Nova Scotia

Kink folds in slate, Meguma Supergroup (Cambrian) Tancook, Nova Scotia

Kink and chevron folds, Minas Shore, Nova Scotia

Kink and chevron folds, Mississippian Horton Bluff Formation, Minas Shore, Nova Scotia

Chevron folds, McIvers, Newfoundland

Chevron folds, early Paleozoic limestone and shale, Cooks Brook Fm., Humber Arm Allochthon, McIvers, Newfoundland

Sheath fold, Old Man's Pond, Newfoundland

Sheath fold in shear zone, deformed early Paleozoic carbonates, Old Man's Pond, Newfoundland