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A method for the measurement of volume change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. Barr
Affiliation:
Department of Earth SciencesThe UniversityLeeds
M. P. Coward
Affiliation:
Department of Earth SciencesThe UniversityLeeds

Summary

A method for measuring volume change, which involves combining measurements of the strain ratio with the angle between the surface of no finite longitudinal strain and the principal extension direction in a principal plane, has been used to obtain values for the volume change in two groups of deformed rocks in southern Africa.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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