The St Christophe fold

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This fold structure has formed in the hanging-wall to a thrust. You can see the nature of a bedding plane here.Other bedding planes have the following orientations (strike-dip) - 038-20SE, 019-86E, 196-46W, 192-80W, 030-16SE. Use these to deduce the orientation of the fold hinge line.

What do these observations suggest as the folding mechanism here?

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This anticline is one of the Jura folds that converges southwards into the Chartreuse area.  Here we see the forelimb of the fold in a quarry.
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The bedding planes have striations on them. This bedding surface is oriented 192-80W, with striations pitching 80 degrees N. Relate this to the fold hinge line.
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