Kansas Geological Survey, Computer Contributions 25, originally published in 1968

FORTRAN IV CDC 6400 Computer Program to Analyze Subsurface Fold Geometry

by E. H. Timothy Whitten

Northwestern University

Originally published in 1968 as Kansas Geological Survey Computer Contributions 25.

Introduction

The FORTRAN IV program, prepared for the CDC 6400 computer, is designed principally to permit description and analysis of subsurface folds on the basis of well-log data if dip and strike information is not available. If dip data are available, these can be used directly by the program.

Description of folds may be viewed as an end in itself. If folds in adjacent areas are described in terms of scalars, however, the areal variability may have distinct trends that permit limited extrapolation into neighboring unexplored areas. In addition, if the folds are described in a quantitative manner, it is possible to correlate fold attributes with other geologic variables in an attempt to determine factors controlling development of differing fold geometry (Whitten, 1966a).

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