Abstract
Abstract A Geographical Information System (GIS) has been applied to shape-fabric analysis and strain measurement. It works in either raster or vectorial format, allows determination of many geometrical features of grains and stores additional descriptive information linked to all these graphic elements. Some new applications for shape characterization and strain measurement have been developed, e.g. the shape parameter S , the Fry method installed as a variant that uses only contiguous grains (TFry method) and a new method (ASPAS method), based on the intersection lengths of the lines of a radial network with the grain boundaries. A compilation of finite-strain estimates on a tectonite sample has been used to compare the results obtained by the new methods. As the shape fabric does not register the full strain history, the strain ratios obtained from the shape-fabric analysis are lower in most cases than those obtained using pretectonic markers.
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