Re: mapping a fault plane

You can always use psxyz but I think you would have compute the lat/lon
of the lower portion of the plane yourself from your strike and dip.

Perhaps there's some easier way though


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On 15/02/14 12:20, Cyril Langlois wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wish to draw on a Gibraltar strait map the three fault segments
> proposed by Gutscher et al. (2006) as the source of the 1755 Lisbon
> earthquake.
> I have the parametres of these faults specified at the center top of
> the fault (below). 
> I try psxy and the -SJ symbol option, but each rectangle is centered
> on the (lon, lat) coordinates, instead of aside the point, and the dip
> of the segment is not taken into account.
> Is there a way to projet a inclined plane on a map with GMT ? I think
> psmeca make something like this, but I don’t see how to map the fault
> plane only ?
> Thanks for any idea.
>
> Cyril
>
> # Lon (°E) Lat(°N) Strike(°) Lenght (km) Depth (m) Dip(°) Rake(°)
> -8.93 35.30 349 162.02 68.32 6.5 2.5 79.0
> -8.2 35.47 349 174.02 68.33 9.49 5.0 79.0
> -7.48 35.69 349 198.02 68.65 15.44 7.5 79.0
>
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