De-bugging the 'millipede' porphyroblast microstructure: A serial thin-section study and 3-D computer animation

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-14

  Johnson, S E ^a   Moore, R R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer animation; Computer graphics; Crenulation cleavage; Mathematica; Millipede microstructure; Oppositely concave microfolds; Porphyroblasts; Serial thin sections

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANIMATION; MILLIPEDE MICROSTRUCTURE; OPPOSITELY CONCAVE MICROFOLD; PORPHYROBLAST; THIN SECTION;

EID: 0029773299     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1996.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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