Abstract
The Além Paraíba-Pádua shear zone system (Southern Brazil) represents the northern termination of a transcurrent shear zone network that is located in the central part of the Araçuaí-Ribeira belt. It consists of high temperature (>800°C ) mylonitic segments with mainly N70E and N40E trends. The nucleation and the development of this system comprised the deformation of rocks at distinct cr…