wangzb0329/mtbeach

seismic moment tensors and visualization

mtbeach ("moment tensor beachballs") contact: Carl Tape, University of Alaska Fairbanks, [email protected]

download the zipped file or use this command:
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/carltape/mtbeach

contains scripts (Matlab, Mathematica, GMT) for plotting and interpreting full moment tensors

These codes supplement the following GJI publications by W. Tape and C. Tape:
A geometric setting for moment tensors, 2012
A geometric comparison of source-type plots for moment tensors, 2012
Angle between principal axis triples, 2012
The classical model for moment tensors, 2013
A uniform parameterization of moment tensors, 2015
A confidence parameter for seismic moment tensors, 2016
Volume in moment tensor space in terms of distance, 2017
The eigenvalue lune as a window on moment tensors, 2019
Elastic symmetry with beachball pictures, 2021

https://sites.google.com/alaska.edu/carltape/home/research/beachball