calcMIndex

(method of ODF)

M-index of Skemer et al.(2005) based on the difference between uncorrelated and uniform misorientation angle distributions

Reference Skemer, P., Katayama, I., Jiang, Z. & Karato, S.-I. (2005) The misorientation index: development of a new method for calculating the strength of latticepreferred orientation. Tectonophysics, 411, 157?167.

Reference for the computational method using MTEX Mainprice, D., Bachmann, F., Hielscher, R., Schaeben, H. (2014) Descriptive tools for the analysis of texture projects with large datasets using MTEX: strength, symmetry and components. In: Faulkner, D. R., Mariani, E. & Mecklenburgh, J. (eds) Rock Deformation from Field, Experiments and Theory: A Volume in Honour of Ernie Rutter. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/SP409.8

Syntax

MI = calcMIndex(odf)

Input

odf = @odf

Output

MI = M

ndex

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