SAPE: A program for semi-automatic parameter extraction for strain analysis

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2084-2098

  Mulchrone, Kieran F ^a   Meere, Patrick A ^a   Choudhury, Kingshuk Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Comparison; Parameter extraction; Semi automatic; Software; Strain analysis

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER EXTRACTION; SEMI-AUTOMATIC PARAMETER EXTRACTION (SAPE); STRAIN ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITHOLOGY; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN;

TECTONICS;

DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 27144471666     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.05.019     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. R. Adams L. Bischof Seeded region growing IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis Machine Intelligence 16 1994 641-647
2. L. Ailleres M. Champenois J. Macaudiere J.M. Bertrand Use of image analysis in the measurement of finite strain by the normalized Fry method: Geological implications for the 'Zone Houillère' (Briançonnais zone, French Alps) Mineralogical Magazine 59 1995 179-187
3. G.J. Borradaile A study of a granite/granite-gneiss transition and accompanying schistosity formation in SE Spain Journal of the Geological Society, London 132 1976 417-428
4. D. Dunnet A technique of finite strain analysis using elliptical particles Tectonophysics 7 1969 117-136
5. D. Dunnet A.W.B. Siddans Non-random sedimentary fabrics and their modification by strain Tectonophysics 12 1971 307-325
6. D. Elliott Determination of finite strain and initial shape from deformed elliptical objects Geological Society of America Bulletin 81 1970 2221-2236
7. E.A. Erslev Normalized center-to-center strain analysis of packed aggregates Journal of Structural Geology 10 1988 201-209
8. E.A. Erslev H. Ge Least squares center-to-center and mean object ellipse fabric analysis Journal of Structural Geology 8 1990 1047-1059
9. N. Fry Random point distributions and strain measurement in rocks Tectonophysics 60 1979 806-807
10. R. Heilbronner Automatic grain boundary detection and grain size analysis using polarization micrographs or orientation images Journal of Structural Geology 22 2000 969-981
11. R.J. Lisle Estimation of the tectonic strain ratio from the mean shape of deformed elliptical markers Geologie en Mijnbouw 56 1977 140-144
12. R.J. Lisle Clastic grain shape and orientation in relation to cleavage from the Aberystwyth Grits, Wales Tectonophysics 39 1977 381-395
13. f/φ Technique 1985 Pergamon Press Oxford
14. T. Masuda T. Koike T. Yuko T. Morikawa Discontinuous growth of quartz in metacherts: The influence of mica on a microstructural transition Journal of Structural Geology 9 1991 389-402
15. P.E. Matthews R.A.B. Bond J.J. Van Den Berg An algebraic method of strain analysis using elliptical markers Tectonophysics 24 1974 31-67
16. M. McNaught Modifying the normalized Fry method for aggregates of non-elliptical grains Journal of Structural Geology 16 1994 493-503
17. M. McNaught Estimating uncertainty in normalized Fry plots using a bootstrap approach Journal of Structural Geology 24 2002 311-322
18. P.A. Meere K.F. Mulchrone The effect of sample size on geological strain estimation from passively deformed clastic sedimentary rocks Journal of Structural Geology 25 2003 1587-1595
19. M. Mukul A spatial statistics approach to the quantification of finite strain variation in penetratively deformed thrust sheets: An example from the Sheeprock Thrust Sheet, Sevier Fold-and-Thrust belt, Utah Journal of Structural Geology 20 1998 371-384
20. M. Mukul G. Mitra Finite strain and strain variation analysis in the Sheeprock Thrust Sheet: An internal thrust sheet in the Provo salient of the Sevier Fold-and-Thrust belt, Central Utah Journal of Structural Geology 20 1998 385-405
21. K.F. Mulchrone Application of Delaunay triangulation to the nearest neighbour method of strain analysis Journal of Structural Geology 25 2003 689-702
22. K.F. Mulchrone P.A. Meere A Windows program for the analysis of tectonic strain using deformed elliptical markers Computers and Geosciences 27 2001 1253-1257
23. K.F. Mulchrone K. Roy Choudhury Fitting an ellipse to an arbitrary shape: Implications for strain analysis Journal of Structural Geology 26 2004 143-153
24. K.F. Mulchrone F. O'Sullivan P.A. Meere Finite strain estimation using the mean radial length of elliptical objects with bootstrap confidence intervals Journal of Structural Geology 25 2003 529-539
25. R. Panozzo Two-dimensional strain from the orientation of lines in a plane Journal of Structural Geology 6 1984 215-221
26. R. Panozzo Heilbronner C. Pauli Integrated spatial and orientation analysis of quartz c-axes by computer-aided microscopy Journal of Structural Geology 15 1993 369-382
27. C.J. Peach R.J. Lisle A Fortran IV program for the analysis of tectonic strain using deformed elliptical markers Computers and Geosciences 5 1979 325-334
28. J.G. Ramsay Folding and Fracturing of Rocks 1967 McGraw-Hill New York
29. J.G. Ramsay M.I. Huber The Techniques of Modern Structural Geology, Volume 1. Strain Analysis 1983 Academic Press London
30. P.F. Robin Determination of geologic strain using randomly oriented strain markers of any shape Tectonophysics 42 1977 T7-T16
31. M. Seul L. O'Gorman M.J. Sammon Practical Algorithms for Image Analysis: Description, Examples and Code 2000 Cambridge University Press Cambridge, UK
32. T. Shimamoto Y. Ikeda A simple algebraic method for strain estimation from deformed ellipsoidal objects. 1. Basic theory Tectonophysics 36 1976 315-337
33. f/φ method Tectonophysics 110 151 1984 155