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Formation Dip Azimuth

Formation dip azimuth is the angle formed between geographic north and the direction of greatest slope on a bedding plane. Dip azimuth is conventionally measured clockwise from north, so that a plane dipping to east has a dip azimuth of 90°, and one to west 270°.