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Methods for analyzing circular and spherical data are widely used in earth sciences. For instance, structural geologists measure and analyze the orientation of slickensides (or striae) on fault planes. Circular statistics is also common in paleomagnetic applications. Microstructural investigations include the analysis of grain shapes and quartz c-axis orientations in thin sections.
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Trauth, M.H. (2015). Directional Data. In: MATLABĀ® Recipes for Earth Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46244-7_10
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