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Near-similar folds with persistent NW-vergence occur in the southeast Highlands of Scotland and are interpreted to have formed in a regime of SE-directed non-coaxial shear. The sense of shear is corroborated by independent kinematic indicators. The folds are formed by a mechanism in which strongly partitioned shear produced an alternation of high strain zones, forming long limbs, and low strain zones,...