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Kathleen McFadden wrote: > Hi Mario, > > I'm not sure if there is a program that will automatically create a > strat column for you. I would love to see it if there is one > available. I create all of my strat columns using Adobe Illustrator - > scan in the hand drawn document, and trace over it with swatches. As > far as I know, it's the main programs used, although I'm sure that > there are other ways of doing I haven't seen. > > On a side note, USGS published a wonderful set of swatches several > years ago in an attempt to standardize the symbols used for strat > columns and maps. It's a great resource in the sense that you might > not have to create a swatch all together. You should check it > out: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/of99-430/ > > Hope this helps!! :) > Kat > > *//* There is one under development by the CHRONOS group - see: http://portal.chronos.org/gridsphere/gridsphere?cid=tools_psicat&JavaScript=enabled - Roy -- Roy E. Plotnick Professor Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago 845 W. Taylor St. Chicago, IL 60607 E-mail: plotnick@uic.edu office phone: 312-996-2111 fax: 312-413-2279 lab phone: 312-355-1342 web page: http://www.uic.edu/~plotnick/plotnick.htm "The scientific celebrities, forgetting their molluscs and glacial periods, gossiped about art, while devoting themselves to oysters and ices with characteristic energy.." -Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
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