Determination of fabric and strain ellipsoids from measured sectional ellipses - Implementation and applications

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2223-2233

  Launeau, Patrick ^a   Robin, Pierre Yves F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fabric ellipsoids; Sectional ellipses; Sectional fabric ellipse; Strain analysis

Indexed keywords

FABRIC ELLIPSOIDS; SECTIONAL ELLIPSES; SECTIONAL FABRIC ELLIPSE; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

GEOTEXTILES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ELLIPSE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 28544437520     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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