Geo-Texture Technologies

Curvature: What Does It Tell Us?

Flexures and faults have parallel positive and negative trends.

Maximum
Curvature

1 Vertical: Tension fractures are parallel to azimuth of minimum curvature.

1 Horizontal: Tension fractures are perpendicular to azimuth of minimum curvature.

Azimuth of
Maximum
Curvature

Kmin = 0

Open fractures
are perpendicular
to azimuth
of maximum curvature.

Trend of
High Negative
Curvature

Trend of
High Positive
Curvature

Sigsmondi & Soldo, 2003