Rotational Folding

This research is being funded by a grant from the Petroleum Research Fund

Rotation of the western Transverse Ranges in California was partially facilitated by rotational folding along the north side of the rotated domain. I am investigating these folds both in the field and theoretically to develop models of rotational folding that will help identify and measure vertical-axis rotation without paleomagnetic data, and show how this style of folding can influence paleomagnetic corrections.

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