RECUMBENT, RECLINED, NEUTRAL FOLDS

In contrast to Antiform or synform, sideways closing folds. From axial plane dip=0 (recumbent) to axial plane vertical (vertical folds) through reclined (plunge of fold hinge down the true dip of the axial plane of fold) . A sideways closing fold whose hinge line is parallel to direction of dip of the axial plane is called a neutral or a reclined fold.