In this earthcache you will learn about and how to recognise anticlines and synclines.
Examine the rock face in front of you at the listed coordinates and answer the following earthscience tasks. Provide your answers to the cache owner in a timely manner, i.e. less than a fortnight.
-What angle are the rock folds presented?
-Which direction is the anticline?
-Which direction is the syncline?
Rocks behave plastically and become folded in response to stress. Folds result from the deformation of rocks. Deeper in the crust, where the rocks are more ductile, folding happens more readily. The most basic types of rock strata folds are anticlines and synclines.
Anticlines and synclines. An anticline is a fold that is arched upward to form a ridge. A syncline is a fold that arches downward to form a trough. Anticlines and synclines are usually made up of many rock units that are folded in the same pattern.
Klopper's quarry established by local farmer Henry Klopper more than 130 years ago, was the site of the 1988 Adelaide Festival production of Mahabharata, a 9 hour play based on Indian mythology.