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Deposits and Erosions

This topic describes creating and editing deposits and erosions. The topic is
divided into: Contact Surfaces
Deposits and
Creating Deposits and Erosions
Erosions
Deposits/Erosions in the Project Tree Deposits and
Refining Deposits and Erosions Erosions from the
Base Lithology
For a general introduction to how deposits and erosions interact with other Deposits and
contact surfaces, see Deposit and Erosion Contact Surfaces in Contact Surfaces. Erosions from
Other Lithology
Contacts
Creating Deposits and Erosions Deposits and
Erosions from an
Lithology data is often the most reliable data source to use when building Offset Surface
geological surfaces, and it is best to derive contact surfaces from lithology data Deposits and
when it is available. If no lithology data is available, you can create deposits and Erosions from
erosions from other data in the project. You can also create offset surfaces from Other Data
other surfaces in the project, which is useful for creating a series of surfaces. Surfacing Options
for Deposits and
For more information on these options, see: Erosions
Surfacing Options
Deposits and Erosions from the Base Lithology
for an Offset
Deposits and Erosions from Other Lithology Contacts Surface
Deposits and Erosions from an Offset Surface Intrusions

Deposits and Erosions From Other Data Veins

Vein Systems
Deposits/Erosions in the Project Tree Stratigraphic
Sequences
The name Leapfrog Geo automatically assigns to a deposit or an erosion is the
lithologies assigned to each side of the surface. In the project tree, expand the
surface to see how it was made:

Double-click on the surface to edit it. Double-click on the contact points object ( ) to edit the lithology and change
compositing parameters.

As further refinements are made to the surface, that information will also be added to the project tree. See Refining Deposits
and Erosions below for more information.

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Refining Deposits and Erosions

You can refine deposits and erosions in several ways:

Add other data. Right-click on the surface to see the options available, which will depend on how the surface was
created. See Adding Data to Surfaces for more information.
Edit the surface with a polyline. Right-click on the surface in the project tree and select either Edit > With
Polyline or Edit > With Curved Polyline. See Editing Surfaces with Polylines for more information.
Edit the surface using structural data. Right-click on the surface and select Edit > With Structural Data. See
Editing Surfaces with Structural Data for more information.

Deposits and erosions created from lithology data or from other data in the project can be edited with structural data. This
option is not available for offset surfaces. Right-click on the surface and select Edit > With Structural Data. See Editing
Surfaces with Structural Data for more information

To edit the surface’s settings, double-click on it in the project tree. In the Lithologies tab, change the lithologies assigned to
each side of the surface, if required.

You can swap the younging direction if the direction was assigned incorrectly when the surface was created. The change will
be reflected in the scene. Note that changing the younging direction does not change which lithology is older or younger.

The difference between deposit and erosion contact surfaces is how they cut older lithologies, as described in Contact
Surfaces. For this reason, it is possible to change between the two types using the Contact Type setting.

For information on other techniques for refining deposits and erosions, see:

Surfacing Options for Deposits and Erosions

Surfacing Options for an Offset Surface

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