Dataset for "Cross-folding in the North Singhbhum Mobile Belt by tectonic relaxation: insights from scaled laboratory modelling"

Origin of 'cross folds' in orogenic belts is still unclear. In this study we focus on cross- folds (Ft) from the southern domain of North Singhbhum Mobile Belt (S-NSMB), India and try to understand the mechanism of their formation through structural mapping and laboratory modelling. The outcrop scale Ft folds and associated fabric (St) show a NE-SW trend in the eastern flank of S-NSMB. Analogue experiments were also conducted to replicate the Proterozoic southward convergence in S-NSMB. The data collected in field and during the analysis of experiments are presented in the current data repository along with one video of the reference experiment.