5.2   Contour plots for an annular shear strain of 6.0

Information about the distribution of vorticity number Wn, area change Af and strain ration Rf along the S-C fabric is given in (Movie 5). Four pictures were used for analysis of Movie 5 are separated by time steps of 22 minutes. 100 markers were digitised for the four pictures. The Rf plots show a dominant value of 1.5 along the S-C' fabric while the surrounding areas were less or not deformed (Rf value close to 1). With time the gradient to the less deformed areas becomes steeper, but the more strained areas widen in the shear band (C') direction. Wn (Movie 6) shows high values around the S-C' fabric, indicating an approach of a super-simple shear (DePaor 1988) in several directions. On the left hand side of the image are domains with negative Wn. Domains of simple shear (Wn =1) are located within the S-C' cleavage and a pure shear component (Wn = 0) is noticeable along the shear band (a). The S-C' fabric is not situated in a simple shear environment.