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District of Columbia strike and dip data

27 structural measurements in District of Columbia, digitized from 2 published geologic maps across 1 source. Every row carries its azimuth, inclination, measurement type, location confidence and the citation of the map it came from.

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What kinds of measurement

The Atlas separates planar structures, recorded as a strike and dip, from linear ones, recorded as a trend and plunge. This is what District of Columbia holds:

Measurement typeGeometryMeasurementsShare
Foliation Planar — strike and dip 1452%
Other Planar — strike and dip 1141%
Lineation (mineral, stretching) Linear — trend and plunge 27%

Where the data comes from

Each source is a survey, agency or program whose published mapping was harvested and reconciled into one schema. Rows are published only where the source's terms permit redistribution.

SourceMeasurementsShare
NGMDB legacy quads 27100%

Most-measured published maps

The individual quadrangles and data releases contributing the most measurements in District of Columbia. The full citation for every map behind a selection ships in the sources.csv of any export.

Published mapYearScaleMeasurements
Geologic map of the Washington West 30’ × 60’ quadrangle, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C.2017 1:100,00016
Geologic map database of the Washington DC area featuring data from three 30 X 60 minute quadrangles: Frederick, Washington West, Fredericksburg2001 1:100,00011

Most-measured map units

Where a source recorded the geologic unit a measurement was taken on, the Atlas keeps it. These are the units carrying the most measurements in District of Columbia.

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