Analysis of clustering in three-dimensional grain fabric

Geosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-118

  Yamaji, Atsushi ^a   Yokokawa, Miwa ^b   Sato, Katsushi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Aspect ratio; Cluster analysis; Shape analysis; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PETROFABRIC; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHAPE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34247897309     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00059.1     Document Type: Article

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