Strain Pattern Analysis of Mylonites  From Sitampundi-Kanjamalai Shear Zone, Thiruchengode, South India

Thirukumaran V; Biswal T.K; Sundaralingam K; Sowmya V; Boopathi S; Mythili R

doi:10.34256/ijceae1914

Thirukumaran V Department of Geology, Government Arts College, Salem-636 007, Tamil Nadu, India
Biswal T.K Department of Earth sciences, IIT Bombay, Poway, Mumbai, India.
Sundaralingam K Department of Geological Survey of India, Hyderabad, India.
Sowmya V Department of Geology, Government Arts College, Salem-636 007, Tamil Nadu, India
Boopathi S Department of Geology, Government Arts College, Salem-636 007, Tamil Nadu, India
Mythili R Department of Geology, Government Arts College, Salem-636 007, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34256/ijceae1914

Keywords: Mylonite, SASZ, Strain pattern, Vorticity, Kinematic analysis, Pure shear, Bulk strain

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the petrography and strain pattern of mylonites from parts of N-S trending Sitampundi-Kanjamalai Shear Zone (SKSZ) around Thiruchengode. The petrographic study indicates the presence of recrystallized quartz, K-feldspar, plagioclase, biotite and some hornblende. The kinematic analysis of Mylonites was done with the help of shear sense indicators such as recrystallized type quartz (quartz ribbon) around the cluster of feldspar, S-C fabric shows dextral shear sense and some sinisterly shear sense in some parts of SASZ which can be considered as a product of partitioning of both strain and vorticity between domains. These all indicates the simple shear extension along E-W direction and the mylonitic foliation shows the pure shear compression along N-S direction. Further the study of bulk strain analysis by Flinn plot method using L and T section of mylonite shows k<1 which lies in the field of flattening zone of finite strain. The kinematic vorticity number is calculated by Rxz/β method which gives the value of 0.36 indicating the general shear. The rigid grain graph shows that the pure shear component is more dominant than the simple shear component. The analysis leads to the conclusion that the mylonite has experienced a high temperature shearing of above 700°^cat deep crustal level.

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