[CIG-SHORT] Fault with buried edges

[Matthew Knepley]

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 1:41 AM, Roby Douilly <robyd at ucr.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a question regarding the fault edges. Lets assume that we have 2
> faults similar to the sketch in attachment. The fault in blue intersects
> the fault in green at depth. I defined the buried edges for the two faults
> in red but I am not sure if I should consider the bottom (curve with
> question on the sketch) of the fault in blue as part of the edges since it
> intersects the green fault. Any advice on how to deal with this problem
> will be gladly appreciated.
>

Yes, that is a buried edge since it cannot split apart when it intersects
another fault.

  Thanks,

     Matt


> Best,
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> Roby
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