Quantifying three-dimensional silicate fabrics in cumulates using cumulative distribution functions

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1983-2009

  Gee, Jeffrey S ^a   Meurer, William P ^b   Selkin, Peter A ^a   Cheadle, Michael J ^c  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulates; Fabrics; Quantitative; Stillwater complex; Textural analysis

Indexed keywords

CUMULATE; NUMERICAL METHOD; ORIENTATION; PETROLOGY; SILICATE; TEXTURE;

EID: 5144226530     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egh045     Document Type: Article

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