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Working with outcrops

You can enter and display data from outcrops just as easily as well data.

There are three main steps:

  1. Identify the section as an outcrop on the Details tab of the Well: Add/Edit dialog in the Wells & Outcrops module.

  2. Enter all the samples as Outcrops (OC) in the Samples module. Record sample elevations (rather than depths), as positive numbers. Relate the datum of the section to Sea Level. Use a negative number for samples below the datum if required. If you need to use false numbers to order the samples correctly do so. You can enter a sample label (e.g. the sample collection number or location) as well if you wish and display this on a chart instead of or as well as the sample elevation.

  3. Select the highest sample (largest positive number) as the top sample in Charts. When the symbolic sample types option (Panel | Insert | Biostratigraphy | Options tab) is switched OFF a sample label is plotted. When the option is switched ON samples are displayed as depths/heights.

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