box fold

box fold

[′bäks ‚fōld]
(geology)
A fold in which the broad, flat top of an anticline or the broad, flat bottom of a syncline is bordered by steeply dipping limbs.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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