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Look at first motions from many geographically dispersed seismograms to identify quadrants of compression, dilatation and delineate nodal planes. .use equal area lower hemisphere projection (stereonet) Station reports location relative to focus: Azimuth: relative to focus Angle of incidence: between ray vector and vertical Azimuth and angle of incidence plot on net and first motion noted Focal Mechanism center From:
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Look at first motions from many geographically dispersed seismograms to identify quadrants of compression, dilatation and delineate nodal planes. .use equal area lower hemisphere projection (stereonet) Station reports location relative to focus: Azimuth: relative to focus Angle of incidence: between ray vector and vertical Azimuth and angle of incidence plot on net and first motion noted Focal Mechanism center From:
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Lines and planes can be visualized in a stereonet and stress and strain operations can be visualized in a Mohr diagram.
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