Flinn(1962) introduced this plot for constant volume deformation and which was to change and influence the structural geologists for decades to come. The diagram is a plot of a versus b (a=1+e1, b=1+e2). Click the image below to begin download.

Title : Flinn Diagram

File Size: 1.99 MB (2,096,128 bytes)

Name: Flinn Diagram

Key Words: Finite strain, a versus b, oblate, prolate, plane, Vz, Vx 

Revision Number: {6099EF63-47E3-46D9-B3B7-17737EC2424B}

Author: Prakash P Roday, Department of Applied Geology, Dr H S Gour University, SAGAR MP 470 003, India : Present Address- "The Recluse", 7 Vastu Vihar, Khajuri Kalan Road, Piplani, BHOPAL, MP 462 021, India