Frederick Vollmer

Geology

SUNY College at New Paltz

Workshop Participant, Website Contributor, Reviewer

Website Content Contributions

Activities (2)

Spherical Projections part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
This is a sequence of two labs on spherical projections and orientation data analysis. The first lab in the semester introduces data formats for lines and planes (strike, dip, trend, plunge, etc.). Spherical ...

Strain Analysis part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Structural geology laboratory on strain analysis. Emphasizes basic methods for determining strain from points, lines, ellipses, and polygons. Introduces two-dimensional strain using hyperboloidal geometry and ...

Other Contributions (2)

Integrated software for the analysis and presentation of directional data, with spherical projections, bootstrap statistics, kinematic analysis, cluster partitioning, and data visualization part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:2016 Structure and Tectonics Forum:Abstracts
Academic abstract page detailing Orient, a free software tool for structural geology that enables directional data analysis through spherical projections, bootstrap statistics, kinematic analysis, cluster partitioning, and data visualization, presented at the 2016 Structure and Tectonics Forum.

EllipseFit 3: A New Computer Program for Integrated Geological Finite Strain Analysis part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:2014 Structure and Tectonics Forum Abstracts
A content page from the "Teach the Earth" portal presents EllipseFit 3, a free, cross-platform software tool for integrated geological finite strain analysis, detailing its capabilities in 2D/3D strain determination, polygon and ellipse analysis, error modeling, image transformation, and applications in structural geology education and research.