Canadian mining journal January-June 1905 . is part the beds are not verymuch disturbed, except near the contact, where they arecrumpled and seem to be brushed up along the fault comparatively disturbed beds occupy a partly dissectedplateau south of the Three Sisters and on the height-of-la-ndto the Kananaskis, a strong fold is seen to accompany thechange to the monocline structure. This is well marked inthe upper beds, which are coarse sandstones and conglomer-ates, and the fold is seen to run from near the fault line north io8 THE CANADIAN MINING REVIEW. of Wind Mountain, southeas
Canadian mining journal January-June 1905 . is part the beds are not verymuch disturbed, except near the contact, where they arecrumpled and seem to be brushed up along the fault comparatively disturbed beds occupy a partly dissectedplateau south of the Three Sisters and on the height-of-la-ndto the Kananaskis, a strong fold is seen to accompany thechange to the monocline structure. This is well marked inthe upper beds, which are coarse sandstones and conglomer-ates, and the fold is seen to run from near the fault line north io8 THE CANADIAN MINING REVIEW. of Wind Mountain, southeastward, on a line whirh carries i1gradually higher and away from the fault. In the lowerbeds of the series it is thought that the fold will be lessmarked, and in the angle contained between the fold and thefault, there is probably a sharp anticline. Northward fromhere to the Cascade Mountain, the Cretaceous is overlappedby the limestone from the west, but a series of flexures in thecoal-bearing measures are found in the Canmore mines, which. SKETCHES OF THE CRETACEOUS PIvATKAU BETWEEN THE BOW AND THEKANANASKIS RIVERS. The upper one is looking across the valley of the Kananaskis southward, and shows thecoal-bearing beds dipping beneath the limestone. The foreground in each shows thelimestone abutting against the Cretaceous, forming a fold in the latter by thepressure. are probably continued along in front of Rundle Mountain,and seem to indicate that the direction of pressure was not atright angles to the fault, but more from the west. As thesliding of the limestone was upward along the fault, a seriesof waves in the coal seams might have been expected run-ning parallel to the fault and not far from horizontal. Thosefound, however, have a pitch downward toward the south. Apossible explanation may be deduced from the fact that thefault line in the vicinity of Anthracite is deflected to thenorth and then gradually dies out or is changed into a foldwith less displacement. This gives
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