#Erosion in Ocean Basin
28-Feb-95 23:01:16
Sb: #171052-#Erosion in Ocean Basin
Fm: Doug Mitchell 70621,702
To: Ed Fisher/PA 72324,264
Hi, Ed–
When I see an anticline that has eroded to a pair of ridges, I speculate that
either (a) the ridges represent the most erosion-resistant layers (thus the
center is more eroded because wimpier layers were exposed there), or (b) that
the folding introduced some weakness at the cusp of the fold (cracking where it
was bent most sharply), making it more susceptible to erosion. Anyone care to
comment on which is more common (is (b) even valid?) or fill us in on (c) none
of the above?
–Doug