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Structural data from drill core

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Fernando Lopez-Diaz  and
Fernando Bastida
Fernando Lopez-Diaz
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Oviedo, c/Jesús Arias de Valasco s/n, 33005 Oviedo, Spain
Fernando Bastida
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Oviedo, c/Jesús Arias de Valasco s/n, 33005 Oviedo, Spain
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Abstract

A graphical method for the analysis of the orientation of planar and linear structural elements in drill core is presented. Simple computation and projection operations applied to data taken from elements traced on the cylindrical surface of the core are required. To know a structural element(s) of reference, the method requires detailed structural analysis of the surface geology around the drill hole.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 131 , Issue 5 , September 1994 , pp. 619 - 623
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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