Geological Software for
The package Fabric8 for Windows consists of 32 strong computer programs for the solution of various problems in structural geology, petrofabrics, neotectonics, rock mechanics, engineering geology, physical geography, geophysics, and other fields of earth sciences. The programs have been in use for a long time.
Statistical parameters of both three or two dimensionally distributed orientation data (lineation, schistosity, bedding, joints, fold axes, universal stage data) can be calculated and graphically presented in stereonets.
Submaxima in the distribution of orientation data are found and tested
for significance. Displacement data (slickensides and striations) are used
to calculate and plot the orientation and shape of paleostresses. Other
programs enable the reconstruction of a data file from a bitmap of a stereonet
by clicking on the points. Several programs analyse fold shapes with Fourier
coefficients or with isogon methods. Strain anlysis can be done with
outcrop data (Talbot method) or with images of the distribution of strain
markers (Fry method, Panozzo method). Structural maps can be plotted
from structural data and their coordinates. The entire package was developed
by Prof. Dr. Eckart Wallbrecher.
The program can be downloaded without charge. A free one month trial
license can be obtained from eckart.wallbrecher@uni-graz.at.
Last update October 30, 2012
Revision of the programm 'Shape factor of the palaeostress ellipsoid'.
Price for a single license : EUR 420,- (VAT excluded)
(multiple use within one scientific institution is allowed)
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