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Shape Preferred Orientation

Shape Preferred Orientation is a tectonic fabric characterized by the systematic alignment of elongated or flattened mineral grains or rock components, resulting from deformation processes that impart a directional dependence to the shape distribution within a rock mass.

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Kinematics in Magmatic Rocks with Special Reference to Gabbros

Alice Nicolas · Journal of Petrology · 1992 · 233 citations

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Effect of mechanical interactions on the development of shape preferred orientations: a two-dimensional experimental approach

Benoı̂t Ildefonse, Patrick Launeau, Jean‐Luc Bouchez et al. · Journal of Structural Geology · 1992 · 176 citations

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Graphite blocks with preferred orientation and high thermal conductivity

Guanming Yuan, Xuanke Li, Zhijun Dong et al. · Carbon · 2011 · 150 citations

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Magmatic fabric acquisition mechanisms in a syenite: Results of a combined anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and image analysis study

Patrick Launeau, Alexander R. Cruden · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1998 · 150 citations · Full text

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Preferred Mineral Orientations Related to Magmatic Flow in Ophiolite Layered Gabbros

K. Benn, Bert Allard · Journal of Petrology · 1989 · 145 citations

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Authors

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  1. PL
    Patrick Launeau

    Nantes Université, France

    5 publications · 434 citations

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  2. HK
    H. Kern

    Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany

    3 publications · 173 citations

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  3. BT
    Basil Tikoff

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    3 publications · 90 citations

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  4. DS
    David Shelley

    University of Canterbury, New Zealand

    3 publications · 74 citations

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  5. BI
    Benoı̂t Ildefonse

    Université de Montpellier, France

    3 publications · 236 citations

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Institutions

197

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. Nantes Université

    Nantes, France

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    251 citations

  3. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    374 citations

  4. Université de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    537 citations

  5. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    388 citations

  6. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    859 citations

  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    264 citations

  8. Institute of Geophysics

    Yekaterinburg, Russia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    519 citations

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  1. Journal of Structural Geology

    15 publications · 836 citations

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  2. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 6 publications · 116 citations

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  3. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

    4 publications · 178 citations

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  4. Geological Society London Special Publications

    4 publications · 164 citations

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  5. Journal of Metamorphic Geology

    4 publications · 176 citations

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