On the cluster analysis of grains and crystals in rocks

American Mineralogist

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-67

  Jerram, Dougal A ^a,b   Cheadle, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CRYSTALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PILES; SILICATE MINERALS;

CLUSTER ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER DISTRIBUTIONS; CLUSTER PATTERNS; COMPLETE LINKAGE; DISTANCE MATRICES; GRAIN BOUNDARY DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

TEXTURES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PETROLOGY; TEXTURE;

EID: 0034073792     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2000-0107     Document Type: Article

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