RockWorks: structural geology tools in RockWorks2002- stereonets, rose diagrams, lineation maps and more

RockWorks structural geology tools: stereonets, rose diagrams, lineation maps and more.

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2D lineation analysis

Rose diagrams

  • Rose diagrams explain frequency of lineations in a given orientation (right)
  • Create full or half (northern 180-degrees) rose diagrams (below left)
  • Created diagrams from azimuth bearing or line endpoint data.
  • Assign custom petal widths (below right)

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Uni or bi-directional data

  • Data (e.g. paleocurrents & fractures) may be rotated and/or filtered (by length and/or direction).
  • Optional statistical legend and mean ray and error, and easy modification of title, reference rays and circles
 

Lineation maps

  • Plot linear features on a map based on endpoint coordinates.
  • Lineations may be color and/or line-style coded to show distinguish different types of features (e.g. slickensided fractures vs. quartz veins).

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Lineation gridding

  • 2-D and 3-D contour maps of lineation frequencies, lengths, intersections, or a weighted combination thereof
 

Arrow maps

  • Depict the orientation of unidirectional features (e.g. paleocurrents).
  • Arrow colors and line styles different types of features (e.g trilobite tracks vs. ammonite tracks).

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3D planar analysis


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Stereonets created from strike and dip (or dip-direction, dip-angle) data; plot linear, planar, or rake features.

 

Planar data plotted as great circles or pole (normal)


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Stereonets can employ unique symbols for each sample or groups of samples

 

Stereonet statistical calculations include mean lineation orientation, eigenvalues, and spherical variance


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Contoured stereonets illustrate point density calculated by either a simple step function or the spherical Gaussian Technique

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