Why do we get asymmetric folds on the limbs of lower-order folds?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Because there tends to be a component of flexural shear on each side of the hinge zone. This flexural shear transforms small folds from symmetric to asymmetric structures

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a. Eye wall b. on the spiral rain bands c. On the outflow d. The eye e. on the subsiding air

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The coast extends inland

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