Figure 3. Crumpled layers. If the shearing force is not exactly parallel to the layers, some layers may be sheared off or crumpled as they move along fault surfaces. The crumpled area in the middle of this photograph is caught between two faults. Show faults and traces of foliation. (Photo by Henry Berry, Maine Geological Survey.)

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