Smoothing Dips to Reduce Scatter
This example, which is derived directly from the example on the
"Interaction of Scatter and Tilt", shows the
effect of smoothing has on scattered dips. Smoothing can be applied by pressing the
"Smooth" button. "Smoothing" is a running average of the dips.
(The average is actually calculated by a 3-D vectoral average of the poles to
dip). By adding differing amounts of scatter and changing the number of points
averaged (smooth count), you can see the effects of the running average. This
smoothing can aid in interpretation, although it also has the side effect of rounding
features. (On the fault model try setting the scatter to zero and then apply the
smoothing.) As in the previous example, the buttons to the left of the
"smooth" button allow you to toggle back and forth between a fault model and an
unconformity model.