Application of the global SRTM and AW3D30 digital elevation models to mapping folds at cave sites

Abstract

A novel method to map and quantitatively describe very gentle folds (limb dip 35 m within an area of 2 and the mean dip of bedding is > 0.9o.

Keywords

• cave map
• digital geologic map
• cratonic geology
• folds
• structural controls
• remote sensing
• spatial analysis