Abstract:
The mylonite from the Gaoligongshan ductile shear zone within the Nujiang fault, western Yunnan is markedly depleted in SiO
2, TiO
2, total Fe and H
2O, and enriched in CaO, MgO, Na
2O and K
2O. The development of the ductile shear zone has led to the alteration of the pre-existing gneiss into mylonite, with the mass and volume change of the original rocks of -29.48% and -26.86%, respectively. The analysis of volume strain and mass transport of tectonite is an intermediate link of the examination of structural chronology and fluid/rock ratios, and will be widely used in the estimation of shortening volumes of compressional structural zones and the resources.