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Bilingual glossary of geology


Recumbent Fold  Pli couché
A fold overturned to such an extent that the limbs are essentially horizontal (adapted from: Plummer et al, 2007).

Themes:
  Structural geology

Related words:
  Asymmetric Fold
  Overturned Fold
  Symmetrical Fold
  Fold