Correct Answers Graded A+
AccuracyA-
AAnswerAHowAcloseAtoAaAmeasurementAconformsAwithAaAstandardAorAaccepted
Avalue.
ApparentAdipA(α)A-
AAnswerATheAinclinationAofAaAplaneAmeasuredAinAaAdirectionAnotAperpendicula
rAtoAstrike.
ApparentAdipAdirectionA-
AAnswerATheAbearingAofAtheAverticalAplaneAcontainingAtheAapparentAdipAangle
.
AttitudeA-AAnswerATheAorientationAinAspace.
βA-AAnswerATheAangleAbetweenAstrikeAandAtheAapparentAdipAdirection.
BearingA-
AAnswerATheAhorizontalAangleAbetweenAaAlineAandAaAspecifiedAcoordinateAdire
ction,AusuallyAnorthAorAsouth.
DipA(δ)A-
AAnswerATheAinclinationAofAtheAlineAofAgreatestAslopeAofAanAinclinedAplane,A
measuredAperpendicularAtoAstrike.
FoldALineA-
AAnswerAAAhingeAlineAalongAwhichAaAverticalAcrossAsectionAmayAbeAconstructe
dAandAtheAflattenedAoutAtoAaAhorizontalAorAmapAview.
, InclinationA-
AAnswerAAAgeneralAtermAforAtheAverticalAangleAbetweenAtheAhorizontalAandAa
AplaneAorAlineAmeasuredAdownward.
OutcropAWidthA(w)A-
AAnswerATheAwidthAofAanAoutcrop,AasAmeasuredAonAaAmapAview,Aperpendicul
arAtoAstrike.
PoleA-
AAnswerAAAlineAperpendicularAtoAaAplane,AandArepresentedAasAaApointAonAaA
stereographicAprojection.
PlungeA-AAnswerATheAverticalAangleAbetweenAaAlineAandAhorizontal.
PrecisionA-
AAnswerATheAdegreeAofAagreementAorAconsistencyAofArepeatedAmeasurements
ProjectionA-
AAnswerATheAprocessAbyAwhichApointsAonAoneAsurfaceAareAtransferredAtoAanot
herAsurface,AsuchAthatAinAeachAviewA(mapAorAcrossAsection)AtheApointsAcorresp
ond.
RakeA(Pitch)A-
AAnswerATheAangleAmeasuredAinAaAspecificAplane,AbetweenAaAlineAandAtheAho
rizontal.
SlopeAAngleA(σ)A-AAnswerATheAangleAfromAtheAhorizontalAdownAtoAtheAslope.
StereonetA-
AAnswerAAArepresentationAofAangularArelationshipsAbetweenAplanesAandAlines.
AInAstructuralAgeology,AaAstereonetAisAsynonymousAwithAWulffAnet,AanAequalA
angleAstereographicAprojection.