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Shale of the Upper Cretaceous Al-Khod Formation intruded younger conglomerates of the same formation. Intrusion followed a preexisting fault that had been widened by extension. The fissility of the shale mimics the contact contours of the conglomeratic host rocks. Sandstone and conglomerate clasts are “floating” in the shale. Vertical postintrusive calcite veins are ptygmatically folded by compaction...