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    Construct A Fold Cross-Section Using The Kink Method

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    The kink method approximates folds that exhibit abrupt changes in dip by allowing each dip measurement to define a constant dip zone, with the boundaries between zones defined as the bisectors between adjacent dips. This method treats each interval between dip measurements as a discrete zone of uniform dip, rather than attempting to draw smooth curvature through the points. It is commonly used today to represent folds, though it only approximates real folds which may change dip anywhere between measurements rather than exactly at the bisectors.

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    The kink method approximates folds that exhibit abrupt changes in dip by allowing each dip measurement to define a constant dip zone, with the boundaries between zones defined as the bisectors between adjacent dips. This method treats each interval between dip measurements as a discrete zone of uniform dip, rather than attempting to draw smooth curvature through the points. It is commonly used today to represent folds, though it only approximates real folds which may change dip anywhere between measurements rather than exactly at the bisectors.

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    The kink method approximates folds that exhibit abrupt changes in dip by allowing each dip measurement to define a constant dip zone, with the boundaries between zones defined as the bisectors between adjacent dips. This method treats each interval between dip measurements as a discrete zone of uniform dip, rather than attempting to draw smooth curvature through the points. It is commonly used today to represent folds, though it only approximates real folds which may change dip anywhere between measurements rather than exactly at the bisectors.

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    Construct A Fold Cross-Section Using The Kink Method

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    The kink method approximates folds that exhibit abrupt changes in dip by allowing each dip measurement to define a constant dip zone, with the boundaries between zones defined as the bisectors between adjacent dips. This method treats each interval between dip measurements as a discrete zone of uniform dip, rather than attempting to draw smooth curvature through the points. It is commonly used today to represent folds, though it only approximates real folds which may change dip anywhere between measurements rather than exactly at the bisectors.

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    Construct a Fold Cross-Section Using the

    Kink Method
    Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
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    How the Kink Method Works


    It's fairly common for folds to exhibit uniform dips for a wide interval and then change dip
    abruptly. In other words the fold exhibits a series of kinks rather than smooth curvature. We
    can approximate such folds using the kink method. It is a bit more common these days for
    folds to be represented this way than with the Busk or arc method.
    The basic method is to allow each dip measurement to define a zone where the dip is
    constant. The boundaries of the dip zones are the lines that bisect angles between adjacent
    dips. The example below begins with three different ways to find the bisector.
    The actual point here the fold kinks may not coincide exactly with the bisector. Why should
    it? If you have two dips at points 1 and 2, the change in dip could come anywhere between
    them, and is not necessarily going to coincide with a line halfway between the two dips. This
    method, like all fold construction techniques, is an approximation.

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    Example
    In the example at left,
    dip data are shown.
    We want to construct
    a cross-section that
    satisfies the data.
    The stratigraphic
    units are colored here
    but will not be
    colored for most of
    the remaining
    diagrams. It is often
    better not to consider
    stratigraphy until after
    the cross-section is
    drawn.

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