An X-ray computed tomography study of inclusion trail orientations in multiple porphyroblasts from a single sample

Tectonophysics

Volumn 480, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 305-320

  Huddlestone Holmes, C R ^a   Ketcham, R A ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Garnet; Kinematic indicator; Non rotation; Porphyroblast; Rotation; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS; HIGH-RESOLUTION X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; INCLUSION TRAILS; KINEMATIC INDICATOR; KINEMATIC INDICATORS; LARGE CORE; PORPHYROBLASTS; REFERENCE FRAME; SINGLE SAMPLE; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; TECTONIC EVENTS; VERMONT; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GARNETS; KINEMATICS; ROTATION; SCANNING; SILICATE MINERALS; X RAYS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EIGENVALUE; FOLIATION; GARNET; INCLUSION; NUCLEATION; ORIENTATION; PORPHYROBLAST; TOMOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 72649084265     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.10.021     Document Type: Article

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