Microfabric analysis by manual and automated stereological procedures: A methodological approach to Antarctic tillite

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-233

  Stroeven, Arjen P ^a   Stroeven, Piet ^b   Van der Meer, Jaap J M ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Directed secants; Microfabric; Shear planes; Stereology; Tillite

Indexed keywords

DIAMICTON; TILLITE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; WORLD;

EID: 17544367674     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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