A balanced cross-section is a cross-section of deformed rocks, drawn parallel to the direction of transport, that can be restored to a geologically reasonable undeformed state without gaining or losing rock: the lengths of marker beds and the areas of rock units in the section are conserved between the deformed and the restored states.
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