New Zealand Crustal Fault Structural Model
Lock Hangingwall Cutoffs menu item was deprecated in Version 2.2.
StructureSolver locks hangingwall cutoffs automatically as required and previous menu option has been removed. Hangingwall cutoffs are locked whenever a more surface is moved on the footwall side of the fault and whenever the bottom segment of a fault is modified in any way. This makes the modeling process much simpler and more intuitive.
This example illustrates how StructureSolver can be used to estimate the deep trajectory of crustal scale faults, using a relatively small amount of structural information from the cover section. Such determinations can be valuable when doing basin-scale analysis.
By varying the fault trajectory you can also get an estimate of the uncertainties in your solution.
Data courtesy Professor D. C. Lawton, University of Calgary (from New Zealand Government Technical Archives).