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EGU2011 4018 Win Tensor Poster
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Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 13, EGU2011-4018, EGU General Assembly 2011
Win-Tensor - Introduction
The pioneering work of Jacques Angelier contributed largely to the formulation and dissemination of the crustal stress analyses and inversion techniques from brittle structural data,
progressively raising them to the rank of standard tools in brittle structural analysis. Largely inspired by his abundant work, we developed the TENSOR computer program, initially to
test and learn this new methodology 20 year ago. It rapidly evolved into a user friendly interactive program that was adopted by many for their crustal stress analysis, using both
geological fault-slip data (faults with slip lines and fractures) and earthquake focal mechanisms. In 2004, a new Windows version (Win_Tensor) started to be developed, allowing
further technical and user interface improvements.
Data Worksheet
Processing Worksheet
General organization
Win-Tensor is organized in 2
linked windows: a Data
Worksheet and a Processing
Worksheet.
Data are entered in the Data
Worksheet, validated and
compiled in a standard format.
The compiled data are
transferred to the Processing
Worksheet which has several
functions implemented in
processing tabs, a subset
manager and a data table with
the compiled data and the
corresponding processing
results.
Subset indexes: An index from 1.0 to 99.9 for grouping the data into
subsets (integer part for major subsets and decimal part for minor
subsets)
Comments: Any text description of the fault data
Data Processing Sheet Preliminary stress tensor determination
The processing sheet contains modules for rose Both the PBT and the Right Dieder methods allow a direct estimation of the stress axes orientation and relative
diagrams, statistics, stress tensor determination by 3 magnitude. PBT is based on the average orientation of areas of p, b & t kinematic axes of all individual data. Right
different techniques (PBT, Right Dieder and Rotational Dieder is based on areas of compression and extension associated to right dieders of all individual data combined in a
Optimisation), Mohr diagrams and rotations. It has a single stereonet and representing the possible orientation of s1 and s3 stress axes. These two methods produce
subset manager and a table presenting the compiled data approximate results that are refined with the Rotational Optimisation procedure.
and the processing results. PBT method Right Dieder method
Rose diagrams
Rotations
Mohr diagram
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Win-Tensor Program, available at: http://users.skynet.be/damien.delvaux/Tensor/tensor-index.html.
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