Picture gallery - ductile structures - Portvasgo

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General viewGeneral view of sheared psammites at Portvasgo.

myllinFoliation and lineation.
comgsHighly flattened conglomerate within the Moine metasedimentary sequence. foldsApparently recumbent tight fold in highly sheared Moine psammite.
folds2Fold pair in highly sheared Moine psammite.

rodsRodded Moine metasediment - example of an L-tectonite.

sheathExample of a shear fold developed in Moine psammites. shlewHighly sheared former Lewisian gneiss.

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