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Attitudes of Planes and Lines

Learn how to measure and record the strike, dip, trend, and plunge of planes and lines using the Brunton Compass. Adjust for magnetic declination and understand the different features and measurements associated with planes and lines.

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Attitudes of Planes and Lines

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  1. Attitudes of Planes and Lines

  2. Frame of Reference Always need to be thinking in 3 dimensions

  3. The Brunton Compass • ~$250 to replace • you are responsible for your compass!

  4. The Brunton Compass

  5. Azimuth and Quadrant on Map 315° 045° N45°W N45°E S45°W S45°E 225° 135° Azimuth – measured in 0 to 360 degrees from true north in clockwise Quadrant – measured in 90 degree increments either from N or S to E or W

  6. Azimuth and Quadrant on Compass East and West are reversed! In azimuth ring, 0 to 360 degrees are marked from true north counterclockwise

  7. Earth’s Magnetic Field physically North Pole South Pole By definition, North Magnetic Pole is the wandering point on the Earth’s surface where the Earth’s magnetic field points vertically downwards. So it is still near the geographic north pole.

  8. Magnetic Declination • your compass needs to be adjusted for the magnetic declination in the area in which you are using it • declination = 15˚

  9. Adjustment to Compass 0 Declination 15 East Declination 15 West Declination

  10. Planes and Lines • Planar Features: Bedding, fractures, fault planes, dikes • Linear Features: Grooves and streaks on a surface, intersections of two planar features, fold hinge lines

  11. Linear Features lineations

  12. Attitudes of Planes and Lines • Planes: described by strike and dip • Lines: described by trend and plunge

  13. Strike • Strike Line A horizontal line in the plane • Strike the angle between the strike line and true north • Measured in azimuth or quadrant

  14. Dip • Dip Line: • A line in the plane perpendicular to the strike line • Dip (Dip angle): • the angle from a horizontal down to the dip line in a vertical plane • Measured from 0–90 degrees • Dip Direction: • Always need to be specified as downdip

  15. Apparent Dip • occurs when the dip of a plane is measured oblique to strike

  16. Measuring Planes • when your compass is leveled horizontally along an inclined plane, it measures the strike of that plane

  17. Measuring Planes Cont…

  18. Right Hand Rule

  19. Sighting

  20. Recording Strike and Dip • strike is recorded first, then dip S85ºE, 23ºSW 095º, 23ºSW strike dip angle dip direction

  21. Trend (Bearing) • Trend Line • A line orthogonally projected onto a horizontal plane • Trend • the angle between the trend line and true north • Measured in azimuth or quadrant

  22. Plunge • plunge: • the angle that a line makes with respect to a horizontal plane as measured in a vertical plane • measured from 0 – 90 degrees

  23. Rake or Pitch • the angle between a lineation and the horizontal line measured in the plane where the line occurs

  24. Measuring Lines trend plunge

  25. Recording Linear Features • Plunge is recorded first, then trend 35º, S66ºW 35º, 246º plunge trend

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