Dip rotation (subtraction)

Rigid rotation of a dip or dip set by a specified angular amount about a given axis.  Used to remove tectonic dip prior to sediment dispersal analysis.  Either completed graphically with a stereonet or computationally.

 

DE PAOR, D. G. 1996.  Computation of orientations for GIS- the ‘roll’ of quaternions.  In: DE PAOR, D. G. (ed.).  Structural Geology and Personal Computers, Pergamon, Oxford, 470-456.

 

 

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