Class <<FeatureType>> FaultSystem (extends ShearDisplacementStructure)

A composite structure that is an aggregation of genetically related instances of Faults and/or DuctileShearStructures. A FaultSystem is composed of individually identified and mapped Faults and/or DuctileShearStructures that are considered distinct ShearDisplacementStructures, that generally form overlapping, anastomosing patterns in which, at any point along the fault system, multiple fault strands are identified and each considered important at the scale of description. Displacement and other descriptive data may be assigned at the 'fault segment', 'fault', or 'fault system level'.

Local Subclasses: (none)

Attributes

Name Type Bounds From Class Notes
observationMethod Category 1..* GeologicFeature Feature ObservationMethod specifies the approach to acquiring the collection of attribute values that constitute an individual feature instance (e.g. point count, brunton compass on site, air photo interpretation, field observation, hand specimen, laboratory, aerial photography, creative imagination). ObservationMethod is a convenience property that provides a quick and dirty approach to observation metadata when data are reported using a feature view (as opposed to observation view). For a borehole, the GeologicFeature observation method specifies how the geologic properties were determined (eg, visual observation, or standard AzGS logging procedure (described in detail somewhere else)). This property corresponds (loosely) to ISO19115 Lineage.
Attribute tagged values
Tag Value
sequenceNumber 1
nillable True
purpose DescriptionPurpose 1..1 GeologicFeature Specification of the intended purpose/level of abstraction for a given feature or object instance. Scoped name because intention is asserted by author of the data instance. Values are: instance, typicalNorm, definingNorm.
Attribute tagged values
Tag Value
sequenceNumber 2
faultType FaultTypeTerm 1..1 ShearDisplacementStructure Refers to a vocabulary of terms describing the type of shear displacement structure (eg; thrust fault, normal fault, wrench fault).
Attribute tagged values
Tag Value
sequenceNumber 1
inlineOrByReference byReference
deformationStyle DeformationStyleTerm 1..1 ShearDisplacementStructure A mandatory element referring to a vocabulary of terms to describe the style of deformation, ie brittle (fault, breccia), ductile (shear), brittle-ductile, unknown.
Attribute tagged values
Tag Value
sequenceNumber 2
inlineOrByReference byReference
planeOrientation CGI_PlanarOrientation 1..1 ShearDisplacementStructure Allows capturing the orientation of the plane of the structure
Attribute tagged values
Tag Value
sequenceNumber 3
nillable True
 

Outbound Associations

Name Type Multiplicity From Class Notes
occurrence MappedFeature 0..* GeologicFeature Points to any number of mapped features which are occurrences of the geologic feature. Mapped features may all be from a single map or from several maps.
Association tagged values
Tag Value
sequenceNumber 3
relatedFeature GeologicFeature 1..* GeologicFeature Any geologic feature may be related to another geologic feature. For example, one geologic unit may "overlie" another geologic unit; a geologic unit may be "intersected by" a fault.
Association tagged values
Tag Value
sequenceNumber 4
nillable True
classifier ControlledConcept 1 GeologicFeature A standard description or definition of the feature type (eg; the definition of a particular Geologic Unit in a stratigraphic lexicon)
Association tagged values
Tag Value
inlineOrByReference byReference
sequenceNumber 9
metadata MD_Metadata 1 GeologicFeature
Association tagged values
Tag Value
sequenceNumber 20
nillable True
totalDisplacement DisplacementValue 1 ShearDisplacementStructure Describes the total displacement DisplacementValues
Association tagged values
Tag Value
sequenceNumber 4
nillable True
physicalProperty PhysicalDescription 1..* ShearDisplacementStructure Describes the physical properties of a ShearDisplacementStructure, (eg; the magnetic signature of a shear zone)
Association tagged values
Tag Value
nillable True
sequenceNumber 5
system FaultSystem 1 ShearDisplacementStructure Describes the fault system to which a ShearDisplacementStructures belongs
Association tagged values
Tag Value
nillable True
sequenceNumber 6
faultSystemMember ShearDisplacementStructure 1..* FaultSystem Specifies the ShearDisplacementStructures that are members of the FaultSystem
Association tagged values
Tag Value
nillable True
sequenceNumber 1
 

Constraints

Constraint Type Status Weight
 

Tagged values

Tag Value Notes
byValuePropertyType false Values: true,false
Default: false
Description: enforce the 'by value' property pattern without xl
isCollection false Values: true,false
Default: false
Description: attribute group gml:AggregationAttributeGroup is a
noPropertyType false Values: true,false
Default: false
Description: suppress automatic creation of *PropertyType compl
 

GML-conformant XML Implementation Details

<xs:element xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" name="FaultSystem" type="gsmlst:FaultSystemType" substitutionGroup="gsmlst:ShearDisplacementStructure">

    <xs:annotation>

        <xs:documentation>A composite structure that is an aggregation of genetically related instances of Faults and/or DuctileShearStructures. A FaultSystem is composed of individually identified and mapped Faults and/or DuctileShearStructures that are considered distinct ShearDisplacementStructures, that generally form overlapping, anastomosing patterns in which, at any point along the fault system, multiple fault strands are identified and each considered important at the scale of description. Displacement and other descriptive data may be assigned at the 'fault segment', 'fault', or 'fault system level'.</xs:documentation>

    </xs:annotation>

</xs:element>
<xs:complexType xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" name="FaultSystemType">

    <xs:complexContent>

        <xs:extension base="gsmlst:ShearDisplacementStructureType">

            <xs:sequence>

                <xs:element name="faultSystemMember" type="gsmlst:ShearDisplacementStructurePropertyType" nillable="true" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">

                    <xs:annotation>

                        <xs:documentation>Specifies the ShearDisplacementStructures that are members of the FaultSystem</xs:documentation>

                    </xs:annotation>

                </xs:element>

            </xs:sequence>

        </xs:extension>

    </xs:complexContent>

</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" name="FaultSystemPropertyType">

    <xs:sequence minOccurs="0">

        <xs:element ref="gsmlst:FaultSystem"/>

    </xs:sequence>

    <xs:attributeGroup ref="gml:AssociationAttributeGroup"/>

    <xs:attributeGroup ref="gml:OwnershipAttributeGroup"/>

</xs:complexType>