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Geologic Strike Direction (SDI)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: sdi.ttl
- Name
geologicStrikeDirection
- Datatype
- Real
- Definition
- The angle between a geologic strike line and true North.
- Description
- A strike line is the line of intersection between a planar geologic surface and the horizontal plane. The direction of a strike line is measured as an angle in a clockwise direction from true North (0 arc degrees).
- Accepted
- 2016-03-22
- Defined by
- DFDD
- Physical quantity
- planeAngle
- Used by
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.