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• Layza Ruiz Elihazer
• Julca Polo Roman
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 PLUNGE

 Inclination of a line measured from the line up to the horizontal

in a vertical plane.
 Linear attitudes

 Linear attitudes are specified by a bearing (trend) and plunge

measurement.
 Note that no quadrant direction is needed therefore 2 numbers
completely specify the attitude.
 Example: 220, 15 (line is trending at azimuth 220, and the plunge
incline is 15 degrees).
 Note that a line may trend in any azimuth direction (0‐360).
 Note that a line plunging 90 degrees (vertical) has no definable
trend.
 Plunge is used to describe the tilt of lines, the
word dip being reserved for planes. The
plunge fully expresses the three-dimensional
orientation of a line and has two parts:
(a) the angle of plunge, and
(b) the plunge direction or trend.

 Consider the plunging line on the dipping

plane to the right and an imaginary vertical
plane containing the plunging line. The plunge
direction is the direction in which this vertical
plane runs, and is the direction towards
which the line is tilted. The angle of plunge is
the amount of tilt; it is the angle, measured in
the vertical plane, that the plunging line makes
with the horizontal. The angle of plunge of a
horizontal line is 0° and the angle of plunge of
a vertical line is 90°.
 Sources:
 Lisle, R. J., 2004, Geological Structures and Maps, A Practical
Guide, Third edition
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimuth
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