Abstract
At the Yegor’evsk phosphorite deposit, the beds lie horizontally, although peculiar folds are observable locally. Close to the present-day and Neogene river valleys, the phosphorite-bearing succession and the Lower Cretaceous beds acquire an appreciable tilt toward the river valley floor. Folds occur only in those places where the river valley downcuts Oxfordian clay to a considerable depth (down to 10 m or deeper). In such cases, the plastic clay is squeezed out under the load of overlying sediments into the valley wall and is removed with water. The overlying beds subside as a strip parallel to the river valley and make up a border that is folded down.
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