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    The document discusses constructing a down-plunge profile view of a folded structure by compressing the map view along the plunge axis. A down-plunge profile provides the truest view of the fold shape as it looks directly along the plunge, unlike cross-sections which are oblique views. Topographic effects that complicate map views are removed in a down-plunge profile. A formula is presented to account for topography by projecting points from the map view onto the profile plane based on their x, y, and z coordinates and the plunge angle. Computerizing the process allows efficiently generating down-plunge profiles from map and topography data files.

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    The document discusses constructing a down-plunge profile view of a folded structure by compressing the map view along the plunge axis. A down-plunge profile provides the truest view of the fold shape as it looks directly along the plunge, unlike cross-sections which are oblique views. Topographic effects that complicate map views are removed in a down-plunge profile. A formula is presented to account for topography by projecting points from the map view onto the profile plane based on their x, y, and z coordinates and the plunge angle. Computerizing the process allows efficiently generating down-plunge profiles from map and topography data files.

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    The document discusses constructing a down-plunge profile view of a folded structure by compressing the map view along the plunge axis. A down-plunge profile provides the truest view of the fold shape as it looks directly along the plunge, unlike cross-sections which are oblique views. Topographic effects that complicate map views are removed in a down-plunge profile. A formula is presented to account for topography by projecting points from the map view onto the profile plane based on their x, y, and z coordinates and the plunge angle. Computerizing the process allows efficiently generating down-plunge profiles from map and topography data files.

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    ConstructaDownPlungeProfile

    ConstructaDownPlungeProfile
    StevenDutch,NaturalandAppliedSciences,UniversityofWisconsinGreenBay
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    Theabovediagramshowsablockmodelofafoldwithtop,sideandendviews(thetraditionalcross
    section).Wecanseethatboththetraditionalcrosssectionandthemapviewareobliquetotheaxisofthe
    fold.Bothareactuallyobliquecrosssections.Iftheplungewere45degrees,bothviewswouldlookthe
    same.Whentheplungeislessthan45degrees,thecrosssectionprovidesthetruerview.Whentheplunge
    isgreaterthan45degrees,however,themapviewisclosertothetrueshapeofthefold.

    Theonlytrueviewoftheshape
    ofthefoldisfoundbylooking
    downthefoldaxisthatis,
    downtheplunge(topdiagram)
    Wecanseethatadownplunge
    viewcanbeeasilyobtainedby
    simplycompressingthemap
    viewbysomefactor.(Actually,
    lookingabitahead,the
    compressionfactoristhesine
    oftheplunge.)

    https://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/structge/SL165DownPlunge.HTM

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    Therearetwoverynicefeaturesofdownplungeprofiles:
    Incontrasttocrosssections,everypointontheprofileviewisderivedfromdatathemapview.Wedo
    notinterpolatefoldshapesorextrapolatedips.Wedoassumethefoldhasconstantplungeoverthearea
    beingprofiled.Thusprofileviewsshowmoredetailandarebettersupportedthancrosssections.
    Topographiceffectsthatcomplicatemapviews(left)disappearindownplungeprofileviews(right).The
    linesthatgeneratethefoldshapemayintersectthetopographyincomplexwaysbutallweseewhenwe
    lookdowntheplungeofthefoldistheshapeofthefold.

    However,topographycan
    complicatematters.Thepoint
    inredat(x,y,z)wouldprojectat
    adifferentpointontheprofile
    planethanwouldapointat
    (x,y,0).
    Thediagramatleftshowsthe
    coordinateswewillusein
    developingformulasfordown
    plungeprofiling.
    Obviously,x=x'.Distancesat
    rightanglestothetrendofthe
    foldprojecttrue.

    Herewedevelopaformulafortakingtopographyintoaccount.Wecanseethat:
    Whentopographyissmallcomparedtothemapscale,itbecomesinsignificant
    Whenplungeissteep,mapcoordinatesdominate
    Whenplungeisshallow,topographycandominate.Intheextremecasep=0,wecouldlookatavertical
    cliffandseeatrueprofile,whereasthegeologywouldbeallbutinvisibleonamap.
    Obviously,y'=ysinp+zcosp.Thus,thecoordinatesof(x,y,z)intheprofileplaneare:
    x'=x
    y'=ysinp+zcosp

    Therearetwowaystoproceedfromhere.Theformulasareeasilycomputerized.Weneedtwofiles:one
    withthegeologyofthemapareaandonewithtopography.Usingthetopographyfile,wefindcoordinates
    (x,y,z).Werefertothegeologyfiletofindtherockunitat(x,y),thenprojectthatdatato(x',y').
    Ifwealreadyhavedatafiles,thecomputerapproachiseasy.Foraverylargeorcomplexprojectitmaypay
    togeneratethefiles.Butforarelativelysmallandsimplestructureitmaystillbefastertouseagraphical
    approach.
    ReturntoCourseSyllabus
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    Created18October2000,LastUpdate20October2000
    NotanofficialUWGreenBaysite

    https://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/structge/SL165DownPlunge.HTM

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