Faults Field Glossary

NAME

• Reference: Free text containing name of the fault and conforming to the GeoSciML usage of name.

• Type: Text

• Length: 150.0

• GeoSciML Name: name

More Information:

• Unique Values: 66

• Most frequently occurring value:

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 35

DESCR

• Reference: Restricted text that describes the fault and conforming to the GeoSciML usage of description.

• Type: Text

• Length: 255.0

• Source: Restricted List

• GeoSciML Name: description

More Information:

• Unique Values: 10

• Most frequently occurring value: fault (inactive)

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 3

TYPENAME

• Reference: Restricted text that describes the type of fault and conforming to the GeoSciML usage of faultType. Must match entryname of TYPE_URI.

• Type: Text

• Length: 50.0

• Field Values: List of Values

• GeoSciML Name: faultType

More Information:

• Unique Values: 12

• Most frequently occurring value: fault

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 1

TYPE_URI

• Reference: Restricted text that contains a link to the GeoSciML definition of the faultType. Must be a valid URI from:

• Type: Text

• Length: 150.0

• Field Values: List of Values

• Source: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype

• GeoSciML Name: faultType_uri

More Information:

• Unique Values: 12

• Most frequently occurring value: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/fault

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 1

ACCURACY

• Reference: Restricted text describing the accuracy with which the feature is located.

• Type: Text

• Length: 20.0

• Source: Restricted List

More Information:

• Unique Values: 3

• Most frequently occurring value: uncertain

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

EXPOSURE

• Reference: Restricted text that describes the exposure of the fault.

• Type: Text

• Length: 50.0

• Source: Restricted List

More Information:

• Unique Values: 3

• Most frequently occurring value: unknown

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

ACTIVITY

• Reference: Restricted text that describes if the fault is considered active.

• Type: Text

• Length: 20.0

• Source: Restricted List

More Information:

• Unique Values: 4

• Most frequently occurring value: inactive

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

DEFRMSTYLE

• Reference: Restricted text that describes the style of deformation associated with fault and conforming to the GeoSciML usage of deformationStyle. Must match entryname of DEFRM_URI.

• Type: Text

• Length: 50.0

• GeoSciML Name: deformationStyle

More Information:

• Unique Values: 4

• Most frequently occurring value: unknown

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

DEFRM_URI

• Reference: Restricted text that contains a link to the GeoSciML definition of the deformationStyle. Must be a valid URI from:

• Type: Text

• Length: 150.0

• Source: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faultmovementsense

• GeoSciML Name: deformationStyle_uri

More Information:

• Unique Values: 4

• Most frequently occurring value: http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/OGC/0/unknown

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

MVTTYPE

• Reference: Restricted text that describes the type of movement associated with fault and conforming to the GeoSciML usage of movementType. Must match entryname of MVTTYP_URI.

• Type: Text

• Length: 50.0

• GeoSciML Name: movementType

More Information:

• Unique Values: 5

• Most frequently occurring value: unknown

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

MVTTYP_URI

• Reference: Restricted text that contains a link to the GeoSciML definition of the movementType. Must be a valid URI from:

• Type: Text

• Length: 150.0

• Source: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faultmovementtype

• GeoSciML Name: movementType_uri

More Information:

• Unique Values: 5

• Most frequently occurring value: http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/OGC/0/unknown

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

DISPLCMNT

• Reference: Free text that summarises the displacement across the fault and conforming to the GeoSciML usage of displacement.

• Type: Text

• Length: 50.0

• GeoSciML Name: displacement

More Information:

• Unique Values: 5

• Most frequently occurring value: total slip unknown

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

DOWNQUAD

• Reference: Restricted text defining the down thrown side of the fault.

• Type: Text

• Length: 4.0

• Source: Restricted List

More Information:

• Unique Values: 9

• Most frequently occurring value: unknown

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

DIP_DEG

• Reference: Restricted value that defines the mean dip of the fault plane.

• Type: Short

• Source: Any integer value between 0 and 90. 99 indicates a missing value.

More Information:

• Unique Values: 14

• Most frequently occurring value: 99

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 3

DIPDIR_DEG

• Reference: Restricted value that defines the mean dip direction of the fault plane

• Type: Short

• Source: Any integer value between 0 and 360. 999 indicates a missing value.

More Information:

• Unique Values: 36

• Most frequently occurring value: 999

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 8

GEOLHIST

• Reference: Free text that describes the age of faulting events and conforming to the GeoSciML usage of geologicHistory.

• Type: Text

• Length: 150.0

• Field Values: List of Values

• GeoSciML Name: geologicHistory

More Information:

• Unique Values: 16

• Most frequently occurring value: Activity unknown

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 3

REPAGE_URI

• Reference: Restricted text that contains a link to the GeoSciML definition of the stratigraphic age that best represents the activity on the fault. Must be a URI from:

• Type: Text

• Length: 150.0

• Field Values: List of Values

• Source: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/GeochronologicEras

• GeoSciML Name: representativeAge_uri

More Information:

• Unique Values: 9

• Most frequently occurring value: http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/OGC/0/unknown

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

YNGAGE_URI

• Reference: Restricted text that contains a link to the GeoSciML definition of the stratigraphic age that best represents the youngest activity on the fault. Must be a URI from:

• Type: Text

• Length: 150.0

• Field Values: List of Values

• Source: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/GeochronologicEras

• GeoSciML Name: representativeOlderAge_uri

More Information:

• Unique Values: 10

• Most frequently occurring value: http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/OGC/0/unknown

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

OLDAGE_URI

• Reference: Restricted text that contains a link to the GeoSciML definition of the stratigraphic age that best represents the oldest activity on the fault. Must be a URI from:

• Type: Text

• Length: 150.0

• Field Values: List of Values

• Source: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/GeochronologicEras

• GeoSciML Name: representativeYoungerAge_uri

More Information:

• Unique Values: 11

• Most frequently occurring value: http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/OGC/0/unknown

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

OBSMETHOD

• Reference: Restricted text that describes the method of observation used to capture the fault and conforming to the GeoSciML usage of observationMethod. Must match entryname of URI from:

• Type: Text

• Length: 50.0

• Field Values: List of Values

• Source: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/featureobservationmethod

• GeoSciML Name: observationMethod

More Information:

• Unique Values: 4

• Most frequently occurring value: digital conversion from published source

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 1

CONFIDENCE

• Reference: Free text that provides a statement concerning the accuracy of the data provided in associated fields. Fields which contain data about which there is uncertainty are listed.

• Type: Text

• Length: 150.0

• Field Values: List of Values

More Information:

• Unique Values: 30

• Most frequently occurring value: TYPENAME from SOURCE map; DEFRMSTYLE, MVTTYPE, DISPLCMNT and GEOLHIST uncertain

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 4

POSACC_M

• Reference: An estimate of the accuracy (in metres) within which the fault has been located and conforming to the GeoSciML usage of positionalAccuracy.

• Type: Long

• Field Values: List of Values

• GeoSciML Name: positionalAccuracy

More Information:

• Unique Values: 6

• Most frequently occurring value: 1000

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

SOURCE

• Reference: Free text that contains information on the source of the fault and conforming to the GeoSciML usage of source.

• Type: Text

• Length: 150.0

• Field Values: List of Values

• GeoSciML Name: source

More Information:

• Unique Values: 72

• Most frequently occurring value: Cox et al. 2012

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 5

METADATA

• Reference: Free text that contains a link to metadata describing the dataset and conforming to the GeoSciML usage of metadata.

• Type: Text

• Length: 150.0

• Field Values: List of Values

• GeoSciML Name: metadata_uri

More Information:

• Unique Values: 1

• Most frequently occurring value: https://data.gns.cri.nz/metadata/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/04A23A8E-DF36-4C06-9EF4-4DB4AC9A9E19

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

RESSCALE

• Reference: Resolution at which the fault is intended to be used.

• Type: Long

• Length: 4.0

• Field Values: List of Values

More Information:

• Unique Values: 8

• Most frequently occurring value: 250000

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

CAPTSCALE

• Reference: Resolution at which the fault was captured.

• Type: Long

• Length: 4.0

• Field Values: List of Values

More Information:

• Unique Values: 8

• Most frequently occurring value: 50000

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 1

CAPTDATE

• Reference: Date when the fault was added to this dataset.

• Type: Date

• Length: 8.0

• Field Values: List of Values

More Information:

• Unique Values: 22

• Most frequently occurring value: 2015-11-24 00:00:00+00:00

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 2

MODDATE

• Reference: Date when the fault was last modified.

• Type: Date

• Length: 8.0

• Field Values: List of Values

More Information:

• Unique Values: 29

• Most frequently occurring value: 2019-03-29 00:00:00+00:00

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 3

PLOTRANK

• Reference: Free integer controling plotting of the fault for a specific use.

• Type: Long

More Information:

• Unique Values: 3

• Most frequently occurring value: 250000

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

FEATUREID

• Reference: Globally unique identifer for the fault and conforming to the GeoSciML usage of identifier. (e.g. ATA_GeoMAP_faults_00066)

• Type: Text

• Length: 150.0

• GeoSciML Name: identifier

More Information:

• Unique Values: 1784

• Most frequently occurring value: ATA_GeoMAP_faults_00001

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 1784

SPEC_URI

• Reference: Restricted text that contains a link referring to the GeoSciML ShearDisplacementStructure feature that describes the instance in detail.

• Type: Text

• Length: 150.0

• Field Values: List of Values

• Source: http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/OGC/0/missing

• GeoSciML Name: specification_uri

More Information:

• Unique Values: 1

• Most frequently occurring value: http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/OGC/0/missing

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0

SYMBOL

• Reference: Restricted text containing an identifier for a symbol from standard symbolization scheme for use in GeoSciML portrayal.

• Type: Text

• Length: 50.0

• Field Values: List of Values

• GeoSciML Name: genericSymbolizer

More Information:

• Unique Values: 1

• Most frequently occurring value:

• Number of values with a single occurrence: 0