An estimate of kinematic vorticity from rotated elongate porphyroblasts

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1553-1559

  Beam, Eric C ^a   Fisher, Donald M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATE RUTILE PORPHYROBLASTS;

ASPECT RATIO; DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; VORTEX FLOW;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; PORPHYROBLAST; VORTICITY;

EID: 0033397135     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00110-8     Document Type: Article

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