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GHL NoDescription
36Isocline. Way-up structure shown in limb of isoclinal fold. River Leven, Scotland
102Folds. Non loc.
154Folds. Antiform & synform and cleavage. Canada.
155Folds. Antiform & synform and cleavage. Cananda.
156Fold. Decollement upfold verging left & right. Axes cross Caledonian. Torrisdale Bay, Sutherland
157Isoclinal folds. Quoich, Scotland.
158Isoclines. Folds in migmatitic gneiss. Glendessary, Highlands of Scotland.
159Folds. Folds in Moine. Mull, Scotland.
160Fold - antiform. Mull, Scotland.
161Overfold in folded flysch (sequence of shales interbedded with thin, hard, sandstones). Northern Spain.
162Antiform in folded flysch (sequence of shales interbedded with thin, hard, sandstones). Spain.
164Folds. Rounderd antiforms & synforms. Morlaix basin, Brittany.
165Folds. Chevron folds. Non loc.
166Folds. Antiforms & synforms. Morlaix basin, Brittany.
167Folds. Non loc.
168Folds. Fold with detail of axial plane cleavage. Non loc.
169Folds. Crenulation folds. Non loc.
170Fold showing curved fold axis. Ballymoney, Antrim.
172Synform. Folds in Mull, Scotland.
174Folds. Folded metasediments. West Greenland.
175Shear fold. Laxfordian shear zone. Loch Duartbeg, Highlands of Scotland.
176Folds in Upper Morar psammite, Moine. Non loc.
177Isoclinal folds. Tarbert, Scotland.
178Folds. F1 folds in Scourian of the Lewisisn complex. Badcall, Scotland.
181Folds. Non loc.
182Folds: crenulations and chevron folds. Basal Morar Pelite, Moine. Ardtoe pier, Ardnamurchan, Scotland.
183Refolded folds. F3 & F4 refolding F2 or F3. Ardtoe, Ardnamurchan, Scotland.
184Chevron fold. Basal Morar pelite, Moine. Ardtoe pier, Ardnamurchan, Scotland.
185Folds - showing high & low strain zones. Basal Morar Pelite, Moine. Ardtoe pier, Ardnamurchan, Scotland.
187Refolded folds. Vertical folds (D3?) refolding older ones. Loch Eilt, Highlands of Scotland.
188Refolded folds. Pegmatites refolded by 2 phases of folding. Non loc.
189Folds. Non loc.
190Parasitic folds - developed in graded unit. South Stack Beds, Lookout St, South of Rhoscolyn, Anglesey, Wales.
191Folding. New Harbour Beds. Treaddur Bay, Anglesey, Wales.
193Fold styles. Disharmonic folding in a graded unit. Rhoscolyn Formation, Monian Supergroup, Anglesey, Wales.
194Folds. Non loc.
195Folding. Folds show cleavage. Rhosneigr shore, Anglesey, Wales.
198Folding. Ameralik dyke in Amistoq Gneiss. West Greenland.
199Fold - steep plunging fold, Tipperary, County Tipperary, Ireland.
200Fold - steep plunging fold, Tipperary, County Tipperary, Ireland.
202Overfold. Non loc.
203Refolded fold in gneiss, Glendessary, Highlands of Scotland.
204Isoclinal folds. 3 phases of isoclinal folding in migmatite. Glendessary, Highlands of Scotland.
206Fold interference pattern. Northerly folds at the east end of Loch Mullardoch, Glen Cannich, Scotland.
207Fold interference pattern. Northerly folds at the east end of Loch Mullardoch, Glen Cannich, Scotland.
208Isoclines. Large amplitude isoclines in striped gneissses within pelitic gneiss. East end of Loch Mullardoch, Glen Cannich, Scotland.
210Fold with sheared limb. Balchraggan quarry, Beauly, Scotland.
212Fold interference patterns. Interference isoclines. Non loc.
213Folds. Folded pegmatite. Loch Eilt, Highlands of Scitland.
214Folds. Non loc.
215Small scale folds. Tiny slide folds forming minor stacks of folds. An Suidhe, Highlands of Scotland.
216Folds. 3rd generation folds in Central Highland Division with pre-3rd generation pegmatite. River Dulnain, northeast Scotland.
217Folds. 3rd generation folds in Central Highland Division with pre-3rd generation pegmatite. River Dulnain, northeast Scotland.
220Folds. Non loc.
222Folds. F3 folds in psammite. Loch Eilt, Highlands of Scotland.
223Fold: s-fold. Kilmory Bay, Ardnamurchan, western Scotland.
224Fold: s-fold. Kilmory Bay, Ardnamurchan, western Scotland.
225Folds. Attenuation on fold limbs (D2). Dunkeld in Perth & Kinross, Scotland.
226Folds. Attenuation on fold limbs (D2). Dunkeld inPerth & Kinross, Scotland.
228Folded cleavage, Dunkeld in Perth & Kinross, Scotland.
480Fold - antiform. Hope, Shropshire.
481Folds. Anglesey, Wales.
482Folds: chevron folds. Anglesey, Wales.
483Folds. Folded schists and metamorphosed sandstones in the South Stack Formation. South Stack, Anglesey, Wales.
619Antiform. Lady's cave, Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
622Antiform. Lady's cave, Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
657Small-scale folds. Folding of pale sandstone layers in dark mudstone. Sandstone layers are folded and show boudinage. Ordovician, Rhosneiger, Anglesey, Wales
658Antiforms & synforms. Folded pale sandstone & dark mudstone layers. Fan-shaped cleavage shown in sandstone layers. Ordovician, Rhosneiger, Anglesey, Wales
659Antiform. Folded sandstone & darker mudstone layers. Fan-shaped cleavage in sandstone; parallel cleavage in mudstones. Ordovician, Rhosneiger, Anglesey, Wales. Wales
692Chevron folds. Valley, Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales.
705Overfold. Broadhaven, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
713Folds. Broadhaven, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
714Antiform, West Angle Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
715Antiform. Ape's Tor, Derbyshire.
716Synform. West Angle Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
717Antiform & synform. West Angle Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
718Antiform & synform. West Angle Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
719Antiform. West Angle Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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