buckle fold

buckle fold

[′bək·əl ‚fōld]
(geology)
A double flexure of rock beds formed by compression acting in the plane of the folded beds.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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