Undergraduate research in petrology approached through computer modeling of fabric evolution in igneous rocks

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-206

  Amenta, Roddy Vincent ^a   Holyoke, Caleb William ^a   Krohn, Trudy Gayle Myers ^a   Bonder, Michael John ^a   Leopold, Michael Christofi ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education computer assisted; Education undergraduate; Mineralogy and crystallography; Petrology igneous and metamorphic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODEL; FABRIC DEVELOPMENT; IGNEOUS ROCK; PETROLOGY;

EID: 0031442276     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-45.3.205     Document Type: Article

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