By: magic-gigapans
Image: Callan Bentley, Mid-Atlantic Geo-Image Collection
License: Creative Commons Non Commercial ⧉

Uploaded: 11 May 2020
Last Updated: 19 May 2020

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Cambrian-aged muds and fine sands were lithified and then squeezed during the orogeny that built the Canadian Rockies. Here, the cleavage can be seen refracting across a more quartz-rich, clay-poor layer. Bedding is oriented 275°/42° (right-hand rule). Cleavage is oriented 101°/74° (right-hand rule).