Particle Aspect Ratio
This file contains the CGI Particle Aspect Ratio vocabulary, as defined by the IUGS Commission for Geoscience Information (CGI) Geoscience Terminology Working Group. AspectRatio describes the geometry of particles based on the ratios of lengths of long, intermediate and short axes of grains. Equates to sphericity in sedimentary rocks (ie: the degree to which the shape of a particle approximates a sphere). A quantitative specification is based on the ratio of lengths of long, intermediate and short axes of grain shape (Sneed and Folk, 1958; Zingg, 1935). This vocabulary includes terms for specifying average shape of some collection of particles.(eg: prolate, slightly flattened, very bladed, equant, acicular, tabular). Numeric shape values from Sneed and Folk (1958) are best understood by looking at the pictures of particles with the different shapes there and in Pettijohn et al. (1972). By extension, this vocabulary includes all concepts in this conceptScheme, as well as concepts in any previous versions of the scheme.
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2016-11-25
CGI Geoscience Terminology Working Group
Particle has some form, but it is not specified.
any form
this vocabulary
Bladed group in Sneed&Folk, (1958), S/L is less than 0.7 and (L-I)/(L-S) is between 0.33 and 0.66.
bladed
Sneed and Folk, 1958, Pettijohn et al., 1972, NADM SLTTs, 2004
S/L is between 0.3 and 0.5 and (L-I)/(L-S) is between 0.33 and 0.66 Sneed&Folk, (1958).
bladed medium
Sneed and Folk, 1958, Pettijohn et al., 1972, NADM SLTTs, 2004
S/L is between 0.5 and 0.7 and (L-I)/(L-S) is between 0.33 and 0.66 Sneed&Folk, (1958).
compact bladed
Sneed and Folk, 1958, Pettijohn et al., 1972, NADM SLTTs, 2004
Particles are compact in Sneed & Folk (1958), ratio of S/L is greater than 0.7.
equant
Sneed and Folk, 1958, Pettijohn et al., 1972, NADM SLTTs, 2004
Particles are so elongate they are fibrous.
fibrous
Sneed and Folk, 1958, Pettijohn et al., 1972, NADM SLTTs, 2004
Particle form may take any or no value. For use in normative descriptions.
form not specified
this vocabulary
Particles are in 'platy group' in Sneed&Folk, (1958), S/L is less than 0.7 and (L-I)/(L-S) is less than 0.33.
oblate
Sneed and Folk, 1958, Pettijohn et al., 1972, NADM SLTTs, 2004
Particles are 'just platy' in Sneed&Folk, (1958), S/L is between 0.3 and 0.5 and (L-I)/(L-S) is less than 0.33.
oblate medium
Sneed and Folk, 1958, Pettijohn et al., 1972, NADM SLTTs, 2004
Particle form is uncertain or not categorizable, generally obscured by overprinting deformation, metamorphism, or alteration, but reason is not specified.
particle form indeterminate
this vocabulary
Particles are in 'elongated group' in Sneed & Folk, (1958), S/L is less than 0.7 and (L-I)/(L-S) is greater than 0.66.
prolate
Sneed and Folk, 1958, Pettijohn et al., 1972, NADM SLTTs, 2004
Particle are 'just elongated' in Sneed&Folk, (1958), S/L is between 0.3 and 0.5 and (L-I)/(L-S) is greater than 0.66.
prolate medium
Sneed and Folk, 1958, Pettijohn et al., 1972, NADM SLTTs, 2004
Particles are 'Compact-platy' in Sneed&Folk, (1958), S/L is between 0.5 and 0.7 and (L-I)/(L-S) is less than 0.33.
slightly flattened
Sneed and Folk, 1958, Pettijohn et al., 1972, NADM SLTTs, 2004
Particles are compact-elongated in Sneed&Folk, (1958), S/L is between 0.5 and 0.7 and (L-I)/(L-S) is greater than 0.66.
slightly prolate
Sneed and Folk, 1958, Pettijohn et al., 1972, NADM SLTTs, 2004
Particles are 'very platy' in Sneed&Folk, (1958), S/L is less than 0.3 and (L-I)/(L-S) is less than 0.33.
strongly flattened
Sneed and Folk, 1958, Pettijohn et al., 1972, NADM SLTTs, 2004
Particles are very elongated in Sneed&Folk, (1958), S/L is less than 0.3 and (L-I)/(L-S) is greater than 0.66.
strongly prolate
Sneed and Folk, 1958, Pettijohn et al., 1972, NADM SLTTs, 2004
S/L is less than 0.3 and (L-I)/(L-S) is between 0.33 and 0.66 Sneed&Folk, (1958).
very bladed
Sneed and Folk, 1958, Pettijohn et al., 1972, NADM SLTTs, 2004
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