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What is an isopach?

What is an isopach? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geology) A line on a chart joining parts of a stratigraphic unit that have the same thickness; an isopachous line
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He believed that the feeder dykes terminated in the sediments at approximately the same depth as the zero isopach of the sill.
FigureĀ 6 is an isopach map of the reservoir area of Kolo Creek Oil field.
Out of the No Robbery mare Klepto, Estrapade was a half-sister to top-class Italian performer Isopach and multiple Grade 1 winner and 1990 Horse of the Year Criminal Type.
The isopach map illustrates the localized thickening and thinning that is common in these beds.
However, the high porosity of the reservoir rock does cause an increase in seismic amplitude which can be used with an isopach map to determine net pay.
The isopach area between the maximum proximal ring height and the first sample box was then calculated as the isopach area for the proximal deposits.

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