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Contours are lines on maps which connect equal values. These may be elevations (structure and topographic maps), true thicknesses (isopachs), measured thicknesses (isochores), differences between two seismic events or reflections (isochrons), or any variables that can be mapped. | Contours are lines on maps which connect equal values. These may be elevations (structure and topographic maps), true thicknesses (isopachs), measured thicknesses (isochores), differences between two seismic events or reflections (isochrons), or any variables that can be mapped. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Subsurface maps]] | * [[Subsurface maps]] | ||
| + | * [[Contouring geological data with a computer]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:24, 27 March 2015
Contours are lines on maps which connect equal values. These may be elevations (structure and topographic maps), true thicknesses (isopachs), measured thicknesses (isochores), differences between two seismic events or reflections (isochrons), or any variables that can be mapped.
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