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Three boreholes on a bed give elevations of 100, 80 and 60 m. The structural contours between them will be

  • A.coincident with the ground contours
  • B.impossible to construct from three points
  • C.evenly spaced straight lines, if the dip is uniform
  • D.concentric circles about the deepest hole

Answer: C

Correct answer: evenly spaced straight lines, if the dip is uniform

A plane surface has straight, parallel and evenly spaced structural contours, exactly as a uniform slope does on a topographic map. Three points determine that plane, so the contours can be drawn by dividing the lines between the boreholes proportionally - which is the construction used to solve the three-point problem.

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