Abstract:
The basic intent of this study is to decipher the variation of fracture
development in Samana suk, Lockhart, and Margalla Formations. Data for the
fracture analysis was collected from 07 station points with an average 100 meter
interval using the circle inventory method. Two types of data were collected
during the course of field, Fracture orientation data and fracture description data.
In fracture orientation data, 24 fracture orientations are measured in total while
for fracture description data, in-situ length and width of each fracture was
measured. Fracture orientation data was plotted and represented
stereographically through computer aided software Stereostat and Corel draw.
Interpretation of fracture orientation data revealed two dominant fractures sets
one having average NW strike and the other striking at NE. The orientation data
of fracture sets is similar through out the stratigraphic succession which indicates
its genetic link to two episode of deformation.
