释义 |
up-dip, a. and adv. Geol. [f. up prep.2 + dip n.] A. adj. (Stressed ˈup-dip.) Situated or occurring in a direction upwards along the dip. B. adv. (Stressed up-ˈdip.) In an up-dip direction.
1916F. H. Lahee Field Geol. viii. 191 When a fault is approximately parallel to the strike of the strata, the block on the side of the fault toward which the dip of the beds is measured may be termed the down-dip block, and the other one is the up-dip block. 1957G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 156 The bays originated as artesian springs, which tended to migrate inland up-dip. 1965[see lenticularity]. 1974R. D. Grace in P. L. Moore et al. Drilling Practices Manual xiii. 329 It predicts up⁓dip deviation when drilling into softer rock. |