TY - JOUR
T1 - A simple application of stereographic projection in the measurement of stratigraphic thickness
AU - Fowler, Abdel Rahman
AU - Hashem, Waheed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - A simple method for calculating the true stratigraphic thickness of beds measured indirectly using tape and compass along sloping transects oblique to the bedding strike is described. This method minimizes the need for complex trigonometric formulae that otherwise need to be adapted to different arrangements of bedding dip direction and traverse slope direction. The method is equally useful in calculating the true thickness of stratigraphic units penetrated in boreholes, and data collected from road cuttings oblique to the strike of beds.
AB - A simple method for calculating the true stratigraphic thickness of beds measured indirectly using tape and compass along sloping transects oblique to the bedding strike is described. This method minimizes the need for complex trigonometric formulae that otherwise need to be adapted to different arrangements of bedding dip direction and traverse slope direction. The method is equally useful in calculating the true thickness of stratigraphic units penetrated in boreholes, and data collected from road cuttings oblique to the strike of beds.
KW - Stereographic projection
KW - Stratigraphic thickness measurement
KW - Tape-and-compass traverse
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.06.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84879996347
SN - 0191-8141
VL - 54
SP - 180
EP - 183
JO - Journal of Structural Geology
JF - Journal of Structural Geology
ER -