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True dip
o
89
Apparent dip
o
89
Angle between strike
and apparent dip
o
90o
70 o
60
o o
85 50
o
o 40
85 o
80
o
30
o
70
o
60 o
20
o
50
o
40
o
70 o
30
o
o 20
60 o
10
o o
50 10

o o
40 5
o o
30 5

o
20
o
1

o 30'
10

10'
o
5

o
1

o
1

Fig. 1.7 Alignment diagram (nomogram) for use in solving apparent-dip problems. Place a straight edge on the two
known values to determine the unknown value. As shown on the diagram, if the true dip of a plane is 438 and the angle
between the strike and the apparent dip direction is 358, then the apparent dip is 288. After Palmer (1918).