Practical 

4: Exercises
• 4.6. A bed has an attitude
of 040°, 60°SE. What is its
apparent dip angle in a
vertical plane trending
090°?
Apparent dip = 53°
• 4.7. The vertical faces of a
quarry trend 270° and 000°
respectively. A coal seam
has apparent dip of 20°N in
the 000° wall and 40°W in
the 270° wall. What is the 53°
strike?
Strike = 024° or 204°

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Practical 4: Exercises
• 4.8. Two dikes with
orientations of: (1) 060°,
30°SE (2) 350°, 60°SW
intersect. What is the
bearing and plunge of
the line of intersection
between these two
planar structures?
• Answer: bearing or trend
= 186°, plunge = 25°

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• 4.9. A thin planar bed
(348°, 35°SW) intersects
a vein (027°, 57°NW). If
we assume that both
structures are essentially
planar geometries, what
is the plunge and bearing
of the line of intersection
of the two planes? What
is the apparent dip of both
the vein and the bed in
the 270° direction?
• Intersection: plunge=32°,
bearing=232°
• Apparent dip of vein = 54°
• Apparent dip of bed = 34°

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• 4.10. A sequence of
formations which
strike 050°E each
display an apparent
dip of 35°N in the
000° direction. What
is the true dip
amount and quadrant
direction?
• True dip = 43°NW