Photo 36. Spectacular folding and faulting in thinly interbedded limestones and shales of the Blue Lias Formation, Seamouth Bay, near Southerndown, South Wales. These folds were probably caused by the Alpine Orogeny which produced south to north compression structures across much of southern England and locally in South Wales.
Photo 36. Spectacular folding and faulting in thinly interbedded limestones and shales of the Blue Lias Formation, Seamouth Bay, near Southerndown, South Wales. These folds were probably caused by the Alpine Orogeny which produced south to north compression structures across much of southern England and locally in South Wales.