If you've created a new project in RockWorks, have imported borehole data from LogPlot, or are in the midst of working on a project, you can bring in the Stratigraphy Types from the keyword table used in LogPlot (RockWare's log-plotting program). The imported Stratigraphy Types will be appended to any existing entries in the current table. (See also Importing LogPlot Data.)
! Because LogPlot keyword tables are not listed in any geological order, they are typically imported as Lithology Types. If you import them as stratigraphy, you may need to do some organization. See below for details.
RockWorks will read the contents of the file and append it to the end of the current list.
Because LogPlot keyword tables can contain dozens of terms, you should remove those that don't exist in your project. This is especially important for Stratigraphy Types because they need to be listed in geological order, with younger (upper) formations listed first in the Table and the oldest (deepest) formation listed last, with the Order column numbering the items sequentially. Extraneous formation names will result in needlessly long drop-down lists in the Stratigraphy data tables and can complicate modeling if sequences aren't right.
- If you've imported your LogPlot .Ldat8 files already, you can use the Stratigraphy Types Table's Edit | Turn Off Unused Stratigraphy option to un-check those Types that don't exist in the current project. You can then remove those rows from the Stratigraphy Types Table using the Ctrl+Del key combination.
- If you haven't yet entered any borehole data, you should hand-delete as many unused formations as possible before entering the data to keep data entry easier