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| Description | Tilted beds are shown on a geological map with a strike and dip symbol (to the left of the red arrows at location 10). The symbol consists of three parts: a long line, a short line, and a number. The long line is called the strike line, and shows the direction in the bed that is still horizontal. Any tilted surface has a direction that is horizontal. The strike line shows that horizontal direction in the beds. The short line is called the dip line, and shows which way the bed is tilted. The number is called the dip, and shows how much the bed is tilted, in degrees, from flat. The higher the number, the steeper the tilting of the bed, all the way up to 90 degrees if the bed is tilted all the way onto its side. |
| Date | before 2000-09-26 |
| Source | http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/gmap/gmap3.html |
| Author | National Park Service and Russell W. Graymer of Western Region Mapping Team, U.S. Geological Survey |
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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.
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