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A fold controlling the form of the local topography near El Asnam, Algeria, increased in amplitude at the time of the earthquake of 10 October 1980. The deformation occurred rapidly in an elastic–brittle manner and not in the gradual ductile fashion in which folds are normally thought to develop.
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King, G., Vita-Finzi, C. Active folding in the Algerian earthquake of 10 October 1980. Nature 292, 22–26 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/292022a0
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