ANALYSIS OF FOLDS SOUTH OF MALAKAND AND ADJOINING AREAS, NORTH PAKISTAN

North of the study area in lower Swat, the rocks have been found to have undergone multiple deformations with at least four periods of folding during a single Paleogene metamorphism (DiPietro and Lawrence, 1991). The earliest folds are composite W—SW vergent, syn\|metamorphic F 1/F 2 folds associated with the formation of the regional foliation. Late\|metamorphic, N—S trending open upright F 3 folds are associated with local foliation development, and E—W trending open F 4 folds are associated with retrograde metamorphism. These interfere with each other to produce dome/basin structures.