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isopachous, a. Geol.|aɪsəʊˈpækəs, aɪˈsɒpəkəs|
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
Depicting or pertaining to isopachs (sense 1); that is an isopach.
1913Bull. U.S. Geol. Survey No. 537. 89 (caption) Sketch map showing lines along which a coal bed is of equal thickness (isopachous lines), drawn for use in valuation of coal land. 1938Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists XXII. 425 (heading) Thinning of Devonian shown by isopachous lines. 1940Ibid. XXIV. 2151 (heading) Isopachous studies in Michigan. 1968Harbaugh & Merriam Computer Applications in Stratigr. Analysis v. 87/1 A thickness map (also termed an isopachous map)..portrays the interval between two stratigraphic horizons. |