Matlab plotting of the Rickard, 1971 fold classification

Rickard, M. J., A classification diagram for fold orientations, Geol. Mag.,  108(1), 23-26, 1971.

Here are the Matlab files you need.  Put them in the same directory and run the tri script. It calls the rest.
tri.m--Does most of the work--partially modified from the triplot.m function of Middleton.
pitch.m--Simple determination of pitch (rake) given plunge and dip--this is now not necessary and the functionality is incorporated into tri.m
pt.m--Plots a point on the diagram given the dip and the pitch.  This one uses simple trig.  It could have been much fancier and intersected the pitch and dip lines.



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