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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.