Grain size and grain shape analysis of fault rocks

Tectonophysics

Volumn 427, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 199-216

  Heilbronner, Renée ^a   Keulen, Nynke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Digital image analysis; Fault rocks; Fractal dimension; Grain shape; Grain size distribution; Microstructures

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; ROCK; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33750872774     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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