Structural Measurement Atlas
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Rhode Island strike and dip data

222 structural measurements in Rhode Island, digitized from 4 published geologic maps across 3 sources. 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 Rhode Island holds:

Measurement typeGeometryMeasurementsShare
Other Planar — strike and dip 12757%
Lineation (mineral, stretching) Linear — trend and plunge 8136%
Foliation Planar — strike and dip 146%

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
USGS SIM quads (NE) 15570%
NGMDB legacy quads 5324%
Connecticut Geol. Survey 146%

Most-measured published maps

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

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 Rhode Island.

Map unitAgeLithologyMeasurements
Ponaganset Zpg n34
Northbridge Zncg n21
Ponaganset Zpg 18
Northbridge Zncg 17
Blackstone Zb n12
Blackstone Zb n+19
Blackstone Zb 7
Zsp 5
Zss 5
Blackstone Zbm n5
Blackstone Zbm n+14
tonalite Zt n4

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