Quantitative Characterization of Faults Based on Angle of the Dip, Dip and Structural Bearing Attributes

Belonging to the fault geometric characteristics, the three elements of fault including angle of the dip, dip and structural bearing are the quantitative characterization of the spatial orientation and morphology of faults, and are also the important attributes of describing fault static characteristics. In this paper, according to the definition of fault angle of the dip, dip and structural bearing, the mathematical formulas of the model are established. Then angle of the dip, dip and structural bearing of each point on the fault plane can be calculated directly using the fault data of structural interpretation results through programming, and the results can be assigned to the fault plane and be displayed in 3D visualization. Meanwhile the fast mathematical statistics can be conducted on the calculation results, thus realizing the fine quantitative characterization of fault occurrence.