Free Software from Yamaji Lab

	Program Name	Executable File	Source Files	Explanation	Reference
	Multiple Inverse Method, Main (ver. 5.31) and Post (ver. 4.10) Processors	mim5_4.zip (3,540 KB)	-	The multiple inverse method separates stresses from heterogeneous fault-slip and focal mechanism data.	Yamaji (2000) Sato and Yamaji (2006a, b) Otsubo and Yamaji (2006), Otsubo et al. (2008)
	FDConverter (ver. 2.2)	FDConverter2.exe (313 KB)	FDC2.zip (33 KB) for Delphi ver. 4 and higher	Converts the format of orientation data obtained at outcrops. For fault-striation and paleocurrent analyses, etc.	Yamaji and Ohara (2001)
	Kyoto Untilting Tool (ver. 2.3)	-	-	Untilts fault-slip data. Data format	Tomita and Yamaji (2004), Yamaji et al. (2005)
	Stereonet for Fault-Striation Analysis (ver. 1.3)	SFSA1.exe (371 KB)	SFSA.zip (25 KB) for Delphi ver. 4 and higher	Stereonet program to plot the output of FDConverter for fault-striation analysis. The result can be saved as an enhanced metafile.	Yamaji (2001)
	GinkgoMP and GinkgoVisualizer (ver. 2)	cGinkgo.exe (846 KB)	-	This programs visualize the object function of stress inversion. Given heterogeneous fault-slip data, stresses that were responsible for the polyphase fault activities can be separated as color spots or girdles on stereograms. Manual (PDF, 932KB)	Yamaji (2003)
-	Software package for fabric analysis	JSR_fabric.zip (16 KB)	Matlab M-files	2D fabric analyzer.	Yamaji & Masuda (2005)
	Ellipstat (ver. 1)	Ellipstat.zip (671 KB)	-	Strain analysis by the Elliott-Yamaji method. This software calculates the optimal strain and its error from Rf/phi data. Manual (PDF, 266 KB)	Yamaji (2005)

References

• Otsubo, M. and Yamaji, A. (2006) Improved resolution of the multiple inverse method by eliminating erroneous solutions. Computers & Geosciences, 32, 1221-1227.
• Otsubo, M., Yamaji, A. and Kubo, A. (2008) Determination of stresses from heterogeneous focal mechanism data: An adaptation of the multiple inverse method. Tectonophysics, 457, 150-160.
• Sato, K. and Yamaji, A. (2006a) Embedding stress difference in parameter space for stress tensor inversion. Journal of Structural Geology, 28, 957-971.
• Sato, K. and Yamaji, A. (2006b) Uniform distribution of points on a hypersphere for improving the resolution of stress tensor inversion. Journal of Structural Geology, 28, 972-979.
• Tomita, S. and Yamaji, A. (2004) KUT: Software to rotate orientation data. Geoinformatics, 14, 85-104 (in Japanese with English abstract).
• Yamaji, A. (2000) Multiple inverse method: a new technique to separate stresses from heterogeneous fault-slip data. Journal of Structural Geology, 22, 441-452.
• Yamaji, A. (2001) A strereonet program for fault-striation analysis. Geoinformatics, 12, 167-182 (in Japanese).
• Yamaji, A. (2003) Are the solutions of stress inversion correct? Visualization of their reliability and the separation of stresses from heterogeneous fault-slip data. Journal of Structural Geology, 25, 241-252.
• Yamaji, A. and Ohara, S. (2001) FDConverter: a software for the conversion of orientation data. Geoinformatics, 12, 13-27 (in Japanese).
• Yamaji, A. (2005) Finite tectonic strain and its error, as estimated from elliptical objects with a class of initial preferred orientations. Journal of Structural Geology, 27, 2030-2042.
• Yamaji, A. and Masuda, F. (2005) Improvements in graphical representation of fabric data, showing the influence of aspect ratios of grains on their orientations. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 75, 517-522.
• Yamaji, A., Tomita, S. and Otsubo, M. (2005) Bedding tilt test for paleostress analysis. Journal of Structural Geology, 27, 161-170.

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