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The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip.
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A tunnel bored horizontally into the slate vein
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The angle between true north and the horizontal line contained in any planar feature (inclined bed, dike, fault plane, and so forth); also the geographic direction of this horizontal line.
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The direction in which a horizontal line can be drawn on a plane.
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refers to a horizontal line along on inclined plane.
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An angle giving the orientation of a planar feature such as bedding or a fault plane; it is the compass direction of the line of intersection of the planar feature and the horizontal. It is usually given as "N40E" (forty degrees east of north, or "N60W" etc.
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Compass direction of the intersection between a structural surface (such as a bedding plane or a fault plane) and the horizontal.
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1. ) The horizontal line marking the intersection between the inclined plane of a solid geological structure and the Earth's surface. 2. The compass direction of this line, measured in degrees from true north.
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The bearing (compass direction) of a horizontal line on a bedding plane, a fault plane, or some other planar structural feature.
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The compass direction of the line of intersection created by a dipping bed or fault and a horizontal surface.
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general trend or direction of a geological feature in a horizontal plane
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the trend of a linear feature on a map or on a generally flat ground surface. The linear feature usually is the eroded end of a layered rock unit or the inter-section of a fault plane with the land surface.
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a bearing (relative to North) of an imaginary horizontal line on the plane
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The bearing of a horizontal line in a plane or a joint.
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The course or bearing of the outcrop of an inclined bed or structure on a level surface. It is perpendicular to the direction of the dip.
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The geographic direction of a line created by the intersection of a plane and the horizontal. Often used to describe the geographic "trend" of a fold or fault.
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The direction of a horizontal line on a plane (e.g., bedding, cleavage or fault plane); strike is perpendicular to dip direction (see Dip).
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(1) the horizontal course or bearing of an inclined bed, stratum or vein, or the direction of a horizontal line in the plane of an inclined bed, stratum or vein.
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The direction, or bearing from true north, of a vein or rock formation measured on a horizontal surface.
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The direction or trend of a bedding plane or fault, as it intersects the horizontal.
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Trend or bearing, relative to north, of the line defined by the intersection of a planar geologic surface (for example, a fault or a bed) and a horizontal surface such as the ground.
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The direction of the line of intersection of a bed or vein with the horizontal plane. The strike of a bed is the direction of a straight line that connects two points of equal elevation on the bed.
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The bearing of a horizontal line in the plane of a vein, bed, or fault with respect to the cardinal points of the compass.
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The direction taken by a structural surface such as a fault or bedding plane as it intersects the horizontal;
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The direction, or trend, of the line marking the intersection of a fault plane (or another planar geologic feature) with the horizontal. Strike is always at a right angle to dip.
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The course or bea ri ng of the outcrop of an inclined bed or structure on a level surface.
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Direction taken by a structural surface such as an ore body, fault or bedding plane as it intersects a horizontal plane
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