The Ordovician rocks exposed along the N.S.W. coast, near Bermagui, comprise a sequence of alternating greywacke and shale and a less abundant sequence of alternating chert and detrital beds. The only lithological boundary that can be mapped is the contact between the two sequences and it sheds little light on the large scale structure. However, due to continuity of outcrop, well-defined vergence zones and abundant younging evidence it is possible to interpret the regional structure. Two generations of folds (B1 and B2) are recognized and the regional folds, a N/S trending anticlinorium to the east and synclinorium to the west, are interpreted as second generation structures (B2). First generation folds (B1) are refolded by B2 on the limbs of the large B2 structures and are commonly recumbent. In the hinges of the regional B2 folds, B1 axial planes are steeply dipping and the folds instead of being refolded by B2, are more tightly appressed than elsewhere. A model is described to explain these observations.
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