Strike and dip
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title:
Strike and dip
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In geology, strike and dip is a measurement convention used to describe the plane orientation or attitude of a planar geologic feature. A feature's strike is the azimuth of an imagined horizontal line across the plane, and its dip is the angle of inclination measured downward from horizontal. They are used together to measure and document a structure's characteristics for study or for use on a geologic map. A feature's orientation can also be represented by dip and dip direction, using the azimu
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Orientation of a geologic feature
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_and_dip
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2023-11-07T01:23:55Z
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