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What type of fold is this? What type of stress caused this fold?
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What type of fold is this? What type of stress caused this fold?

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Since the rock cannot move, it cannot deform called confining stress. Compression squeezes rocks together, causing rocks to fold or fracture. Compression is the most common stress at convergent plate boundaries.

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