Multi-Crack-Seal Quartz Vein Formation Simulation Data

Simulation data of multi-crack-seal syntaxial quartz vein formation. The data consists of intermediate fracturing and growth stages generated using the Pace3D software package. The data was produced by Michel Späth at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and is provided in VTK format for visualization.

Use Cases

• Visualizing intermediate fracturing stages in quartz veins based on the simulation data.
• Validating phase-field models of crystal growth based on the described microstructural evolution.
• Comparing numerical simulation outputs with natural vein microstructures based on the described formation process.

Strengths

• Data originates from simulations performed with a specific software package, Pace3D (v. 2.5.1).
• Data includes intermediate stages of fracturing and growth, providing a temporal sequence.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Collection Method

Numerical simulation using Pace3D software.