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Fig. 2

From: The 3D interplay between folding and faulting in a syn-orogenic extensional system: the Simplon Fault Zone in the Central Alps (Switzerland and Italy)

Fig. 2

Extensional low-angle detachment system. a Older high grade Simplon mylonites (Sm) in Mesozoic calcschists and marbles, with top-to-SW shear sense, Sion-Courmayeur Zone, footwall (645001/119513). b Foliation boudinage of the old (Sm) Simplon mylonites showing the strong NE–SW stretching component, calcareous meta-pelite, Monte Leone unit, footwall (646076/127006). c Discordant greenschist facies mylonitic foliation Sm2, psammite, Berisal Unit, footwall (644933/121830). d Greenschist facies mylonitic foliation Sm2 close to the brittle detachment, micaschist, Berisal Unit, footwall (643705/121897). Chl chlorite

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