Insights into the mechanics of en-échelon sigmoidal vein formation using ultra-high resolution photogrammetry and computed tomography

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-44

  Thiele, Samuel T ^a   Micklethwaite, Steven ^a,c   Bourke, Paul ^a   Verrall, Michael ^b   Kovesi, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Australian Resources Research Centre (ARRC)   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Photogrammetry; Pressure solution; Sigmoidal veins

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; GEOMETRY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY;

DEGREE OF CONNECTIVITY; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; PRESSURE SOLUTION; SIGMOIDAL VEINS; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRUCTURAL MEASUREMENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3-D) MODELING; ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SHEAR STRAIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

AUSTRALIA; CAPE LIPTRAP; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CHELON;

EID: 84930221952     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2015.05.006     Document Type: Article

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