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Pi and Beta Diagram

Beta diagrams are generally preferred for analysis of faults, ore shoots, kink-bands and rotational manipulations but for complexly folded terrains, Pi diagrams are preferred. Beta diagram beta diagram A stereographic diagram which represents the trend and plunge of the line produced by the intersection of two planes. In its application in structural geology, the dip and strike of a fold surface / lineation/ bedding are recorded as a great circle, […]

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