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12/19/2015 23:56:17

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
Three Point Problem
Highest elevation
Intermediate elevation
Lowest elevation

4,000.00 meters
2,000.00 meters
1,000.00 meters

Map distance between highest and lowest elevation

Distance from highest
elevation to point of
intermediate elevation

4.8125

inches

3.20833333 inches

Highest elevation X

Map distance between h

and lowest elevation
4.8125 inches

Y Intermediate elvation
Distance between highest and point of intermediate elevation
3.208333 inches
* Point of intermediate elvation on line connecting highest
and lowest elevations

Z Lowest elevation

Map distance from highest elevation to lowest elevation

Map distance from highest elevation to intermediate elevation
Difference from highest
elevation to intermediate
elevation
Difference from
highest to lowest
elevation

Dip Calculation
Side opposite (difference in elevation between the highest and intermediate points)
Side adjacent (map distance between line of strike and intermediate point)

Dip

2,000.00 meters
1,020.83 meters
1.09885 Radians
62.96 Degrees

Calculation of and for any value of knowing 1 and 3

1
2.00E+01 kb

1.00E+01
in degrees
27.00

17.939 kb
4.045 kb

Calculation of Expected Angle of Faulting knowing the Angle of Internal Friction

Angle of internal friction
Expected value of

33.00
61.50

Expected angle between 1 and fault plane

Expected angle between 3 and fault plane

28.50
61.50

20.000 kb
10.000 kb

90 -
90
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0

Shear Stress
0.000
0.868
1.710
2.500
3.214
3.830
4.330
4.698
4.924
5.000
4.924
4.698
4.330
3.830
3.214
2.500
1.710
0.868
0.000

Normal Stress
20.000
19.924
19.698
19.330
18.830
18.214
17.500
16.710
15.868
15.000
14.132
13.290
12.500
11.786
11.170
10.670
10.302
10.076
10.000

25.000

20.000
Stress

0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90

INTERNAL STRESS AS FUNCTION OF ANGLE BETWEEN P

15.000

10.000

5.000

0.000
0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Theta

INTERNAL STRESS AS FUNCTION OF ANGLE BETWE

25.000

20.000
Stress

15.000

10.000

5.000

0.000
0

10

20

30

40

50

(90 - theta)

60

70

5.000

0.000
0

10

20

30

40

50

(90 - theta)

60

70

F ANGLE BETWEEN PLANE OF INTEREST AND s3 (Theta)

Shear Stress
Normal Stress

40

50

60

70

80

90

Theta

N OF ANGLE BETWEEN PLANE OF INTEREST AND s3

Normal Stress
Shear Stress

40

50

(90 - theta)

60

70

80

90

100

40

50

(90 - theta)

60

70

80

90

100