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An isopach map illustrates thickness variations within a tabular unit, layer or stratum. Isopachs are contour lines of equal thickness over an area. Isopach maps are utilized in hydrographic survey, stratigraphy, sedimentology, structural geology, petroleum geology and volcanology. An isopach map is similar to an isochore map, but these terms actually describe different methods of displaying thickness variations within a layer.〔Levorsen (1967), p. 596-600 and 616.〕〔Tearpock and Bischke (2002), chap. 14.〕 *An isopach map displays lines of equal thickness in a layer where the thicknesses are measured perpendicular to the layer boundaries. Isopach maps in geology are also referred to as True Stratigraphic Thickness (TST) maps.〔〔''Isopach maps vs isochore maps'' at (www.structuralgeology.org ), accessed 5 April 2013.〕 *An isochore map displays lines of equal thickness in a layer where the thicknesses are measured vertically. Isochore maps in geology are also referred to as True Vertical Thickness (TVT) maps.〔〔 Thus, an isochore and isopach map are the same only when both the top and bottom surfaces of the layer shown are horizontal (i.e., the true stratigraphic and true vertical thicknesses are the same). When the layer shown is inclined, as is usually the case, the thicknesses displayed in an isochore map of the layer will be greater than the thicknesses displayed in an isopach map of the same layer. Unfortunately the terms isopach and isochore are widely confused, and many times maps of True Vertical Thickness (TVT), which by definition are isochore maps, are incorrectly labeled isopach maps.〔 ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isopach map」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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