A technique for measuring 3D crystal-size distributions of prismatic microlites in obsidian

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 1230-1240

  Castro, Jonathan M ^a   Cashman, Katharine V ^b   Manga, Michael ^c  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CRYSTALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CONSTANT GROWTH RATES; CONVERSION PROGRAMS; CRYSTAL ASPECT RATIO; CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; MEASURED PARAMETERS; OPTICAL PHOTOMICROGRAPHS; POPULATION DENSITIES; SHAPE VARIABILITIES;

GROWTH RATE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; IMAGING METHOD; OBSIDIAN; SIZE;

EID: 0141785416     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-8-906     Document Type: Article

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