The significance and application of Foliation Intersection/Inflection Axes (FIA) within porphyroblasts: A review

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 401-419

  Yeh, Meng Wan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

FIA; Foliation; Microstructure; Porphyroblast

Indexed keywords

ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 1342331260     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2003.14.4.401(T)     Document Type: Article

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