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JOINTS
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Joints Plotting a rose diagram of joint angles   A P F 30 min Students are given a photocopy of a photo of a cliff face with lots of joints, enlarged to A3 size. They mark each joint with a line extended to the edge of the paper and number it. The angle of each joint to the vertical is measured.  These are then plotted on a rose diagram.
Earth Science Activities and Demonstrations