Late-to-post collisional brittle-ductile deformation in the Himalayan orogen: Evidences from structural studies in the Lesser Himalayan Crystallines, Kumaon Himalaya, India

Quartz veins associated with flanking folds are developed at high angles with respect to the mylonitic foliation and parallel to the axial plane of the kink bands throughout the CCB. The geometry of the flanking folds along the quartz veins is a consequence of the fracturing and not vice-versa. The precise shape of the folds depends on the nature of general shearing along the wall of quartz veins and various orientations to the shear direction.