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Two "Orientometers" for Measuring Lineations on Hand Specimens

J. H. McD. Whitaker, M. Gatrall

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The term orientometer is used for an apparatus for measuring orientations on specimens of hand-specimen size. Two simple orientometers are described and their usefulness for determining lineations is illustrated by examples in which orientations of elongate fossils and alignment and imbrication of elliptical ooliths are studied.

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Key concepts: Lineation, Imbrication, Geology, Seismology, Tectonics