pscoupe



       pscoupe - Plot cross-sections of focal mechanisms.


SYNOPSIS

       pscoupe files -Jparameters -Rwest/east/south/north
        -Aparameters
       [ -Btickinfo ] [ -Ffill ] [ -Gfill ] [ -H ] [ -K ] [ -Lpen
       ] [-M] [ -N ]  [  -O  ]  [  -P  ]  [-S<symbol><scale>[/d]]
       [s<symbol><size>[/d]] [ -Tn ] [ -U[label] ] [ -V ] [ -Wpen
       ] [ -Xx-shift ]  [  -Yy-shift  ]  [  -Z<cpt>  ]  [-a<size>
       [P_symbol>[T_symbol]]  [-gfill] [-efill] [-ppen] [-tpen] [
       -: ] [ -#copies ]


DESCRIPTION

       pscoupe reads data values from files [or  standard  input]
       and  generates  PostScript  code  that  will plot symbols,
       lines or polygons on a  cross-section.   Focal  mechanisms
       may  be  specified and require additional columns of data.
       The PostScript code is written to standard output.

       files list one or more file-names. If no files are  given,
       pscoupe will read standard input.

       A  new file is created with the new coordinates (x, y) and
       the mechamism (from lower focal half-sphere for horizontal
       plane,  to half-sphere behind a vertical plane).  When the
       plane is not horizontal, - north direction becomes upwards
       steepest  descent direction of the plane (u) - east direc­
       tion becomes strike direction of  the  plane  (s)  -  down
       direction (= north^east) becomes u^s
       Axis  angles  are defined in the same way as in horizontal
       plane in the new system.
       Moment tensor (initially in r, t, f  system  that  is  up,
       south,  east) is defined in (-u^s, -u, s) system.  A  file
       is created with extracted events.


       -J     Selects the map projection. Scale  is  UNIT/degree,
              1:xxxxx,  or  width  in UNIT (upper case modifier).
              UNIT is cm, inch,  or  m,  depending  on  the  MEA­
              SURE_UNIT  setting in .gmtdefaults, but this can be
              overridden on the command line by appending the  c,
              i, or m to the scale/width value.

              CYLINDRICAL PROJECTIONS:

              -Jclon0/lat0/scale (Cassini)
              -Jjlon0/scale (Miller)
              -Jmscale  (Mercator - Greenwich and Equator as ori­
              gin)
              -Jmlon0/lat0/scale (Mercator -  Give  meridian  and
              standard parallel)
              -Joalon0/lat0/azimuth/scale   (Oblique  Mercator  -
              two points)
              -Joclon0/lat0/lonp/latp/scale  (Oblique  Mercator -
              point and pole)
              -Jqlon0/scale (Equidistant  Cylindrical  Projection
              (Plate Carree))
              -Jtlon0/scale (TM - Transverse Mercator, with Equa­
              tor as y = 0)
              -Jtlon0/lat0/scale (TM - Transverse  Mercator,  set
              origin)
              -Juzone/scale (UTM - Universal Transverse Mercator)
              -Jylon0/lats/scale (Basic Cylindrical Projection)

              AZIMUTHAL PROJECTIONS:

              -Jalon0/lat0/scale (Lambert).
              -Jelon0/lat0/scale (Equidistant).
              -Jflon0/lat0/horizon/scale (Gnomonic).
              -Jglon0/lat0/scale (Orthographic).
              -Jslon0/lat0/[slat/]scale (General Stereographic)

              CONIC PROJECTIONS:

              -Jblon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/scale (Albers)
              -Jdlon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/scale (Equidistant)
              -Jllon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/scale (Lambert)

              MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTIONS:

              -Jhlon0/scale (Hammer)
              -Jilon0/scale (Sinusoidal)
              -Jk[f|s]lon0/scale (Eckert IV (f) and VI (s))
              -Jnlon0/scale (Robinson)
              -Jrlon0/scale (Winkel Tripel)
              -Jvlon0/scale (Van der Grinten)
              -Jwlon0/scale (Mollweide)

              NON-GEOGRAPHICAL PROJECTIONS:

              -Jp[a]scale[/origin] (polar (theta,r)  coordinates,
              optional a for azimuths and offset theta [0])
              -Jxx-scale[l|ppow][/y-scale[l|ppow]]  (Linear, log,
              and power scaling)
              More details can be found  in  the  psbasemap  man­
              pages.

       -R     west,  east, south, and north specify the Region of
              interest. To specify boundaries in degrees and min­
              utes  [and  seconds],  use  the  dd:mm[:ss] format.
              Append r if lower left and upper right map  coordi­
              nates  are  given  instead  of  wesn.   If frame is
              defined from cross-section parameters (see -A) this
              option  is not taken into account, but must be pre­
              -Aalon1/lat1/lon2/lat2/dip/p_width/dmin/dmax[f]
              lon and lat  are  the  longitude  and  latitude  of
              points  1  and  2 limiting the length ot the cross-
              section.
              dip is the dip of the plane on which the cross-sec­
              tion is made.
              p_width  is  the width of the cross-section on each
              side of a vertical plane  or  above  and  under  an
              oblic plane.
              dmin  and  dmax  are the distances min and max from
              horizontal plane, along steepest descent direction.
              Add  f  to  get  the  frame  from the cross-section
              parameters.
              -Ablon1/lat1/strike/p_length/dip/p_width/dmin/dmax[f]
              lon1 and lat1 are the longitude and latitude of the
              beginning of the cross-section.
              strike is the azimut of the direction of the cross-
              section.
              p_length  is  the length along which the cross-sec­
              tion is made.
              The other  parameters  are  the  same  as  for  -Aa
              option.
              -Acx1/y1/x2/y2/dip/p_width/dmin/dmax[f]
              The same as -Aa option with x and y cartesian coor­
              dinates.
              -Adx1/y1/strike/p_length/dip/p_width/dmin/dmax[f]
              The same as -Ab option with x and y cartesian coor­
              dinates.

              -S  selects  the meaning of the columns in the data
              file and the figure to be plotted.
              -Sascale[/fontsize[/offset[u]]].  Focal  mechanisms
              in Aki and Richard convention.
              scale  adjusts  the  scaling  of  the radius of the
              "beach ball", which will  be  proportional  to  the
              magnitude. Scale is the size for magnitude = 5.  in
              MEASURE_UNIT (unless c, i, m, or p is  appended  to
              indicate  that  the size information is in units of
              cm, inch, meter, or point, respectively).  Use  the
              -T  option  to render the beach ball transparent by
              drawing only the nodal planes  and  the  circumfer­
              ence.  The  color or shade of the compressive quad­
              rants can be specified  with  the  -G  option.  The
              color or shade
               of  the  extensive quadrants can be specified with
              the -E option.  Parameters are expected  to  be  in
              the following columns:

       1,2: longitude, latitude of event (-: option interchanges
       order)

       3: depth of event in kilometers

       7: magnitude

       8,9: not used; can be 0 0; it is to used the  same  file
       as  for psmeca.

       10: text string to appear above the beach ball default) or
       under (add u).


       -Scscale. Focal mechanisms in Harvard CMT convention.
       scale adjusts the scaling of  the  radius  of  the  "beach
       ball", which will be proportional to the magnitude.  Scale
       is the size for magnitude = 5 (that is M0 =  4E+23  dynes-
       cm.)  in MEASURE_UNIT (unless c, i, m, or p is appended to
       indicate that the size information  is  in  units  of  cm,
       inch,  meter,  or point, respectively).  Use the -T option
       to render the beach ball transparent by drawing  only  the
       nodal  planes and the circumference. The color or shade of
       the compressive quadrants can be  specified  with  the  -G
       option. The color or shade
        of  the  extensive quadrants can be specified with the -E
       option.  Parameters are expected to be  in  the  following
       columns:

       1,2: longitude, latitude of event (-: option interchanges
       order)

       3: depth of event in kilometers

       4,5,6: strike, dip, and slip of plane 1

       7,8,9: strike, dip, and slip of plane 2

       10,11: mantissa and exponent of moment in dyne-cm  (if
       magnitude   is uses instead of scalar moment, magnitude is
       in column 10 and 0 must be in column 11)

       12,13: not used; can be 0 0; it is to used the same file
       as  for psmeca.

       14: text string to appear above the beach ball (default)
       or under (add u).


       -Spscale[/fontsize[/offset[u]]].  Focal  mechanisms  given
       with partial data on both planes.  scale adjusts the scal­
       ing of the radius of the "beach ball", which will be  pro­
       portional  to the magnitude.  Scale is the size for magni­
       tude = 5. in  MEASURE_UNIT  (unless  c,  i,  m,  or  p  is
       appended to indicate that the size information is in units
       of cm, inch, meter, or point, respectively).  The color or
        of the extensive quadrants can be specified with  the  -E
       option.   Parameters  are  expected to be in the following
       columns:

       1,2: longitude, latitude of event (-: option interchanges
       order)

       3: depth

       4,5: strike, dip of plane 1

       6: strike of plane 2

       7: must be -1/+1 for a normal/inverse fault

       8: magnitude

       9,10:  not  used;  can  be 0 0; it is to use the same file
       as for psmeca.

       11: text string to appear above the beach ball (default)
       or under (add u).


       -Smscale[/fontsize[/offset[u]]].  Seismic  moment  tensor.
       scale ad justs the scaling of the radius  of  the  "beach­
       ball",  which will be proportional to the magnitude. Scale
       is the size for magnitude =  5  (that  is  seismic  scalar
       moment = 4E+23 dynes-cm.) in MEASURE_UNIT (unless c, i, m,
       or p is appended to indicate that the size information  is
       in  units  of  cm,  inch,  meter, or point, respectively).
       (-T0 option overlays best  double  couple  transparently.)
       Put  -Sdscale[/fontsize[/offset[u]]] to plot the only dou­
       ble couple part of  moment  tensor.   Put  -Szscale[/font­
       size[/offset[u]]]  to plot anisotropic part of moment ten­
       sor (zero trace).  The color or shade of  the  compressive
       quadrants  can  be specified with the -G option. The color
       or shade
        of the extensive quadrants can be specified with  the  -E
       option.   Parameters  are  expected to be in the following
       columns

       1,2    longitude, latitude  of  event  (-:  option  inter­
              changes order)

       3      depth of event in kilometers

       4,5,6,7,8,9
              mrr,  mtt, mff, mrt, mrf, mtf in 10*exponent dynes-
              cm

       10     exponent
              for psmeca.

       13     Text   string   to  appear  above  the  beach  ball
              (default) or under (add u).


       -Sxscale[/fontsize[/offset[u]]].  principal  axis.   scale
       adjusts  the  scaling  of  the  radius of the "beachball",
       which will be proportional to the magnitude. Scale is  the
       size  for  magnitude  = 5 (that is seismic scalar moment =
       4*10e+23 dynes-cm.)  in MEASURE_UNIT (unless c, i, m, or p
       is  appended  to  indicate that the size information is in
       units of cm, inch, meter, or point,  respectively).   (-T0
       option  overlays  best  double couple transparently.)  Put
       -Syscale[/fontsize[/offset[u]]] to plot  the  only  double
       couple   part   of  moment  tensor.   Put  -Stscale[/font­
       size[/offset[u]]] to plot anisotropic part of moment  ten­
       sor  (zero  trace).  The color or shade of the compressive
       quadrants can be specified with the -G option.  The  color
       or shade
        of  the  extensive quadrants can be specified with the -E
       option.  Parameters are expected to be  in  the  following
       columns

       1,2    longitude,  latitude  of  event  (-:  option inter­
              changes order)

       3      depth of event in kilometers

       4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
              value (in 10*exponent dynes-cm), azimuth, plunge of
              T, N, P axis.

       13     exponent

       14,15  latitude,longitude  at  which  to place beach ball.
              Entries in these columns are necessary with the  -C
              option. Using 0,0 in columns 9 and 10 will plot the
              beach ball at  the  latitude,  longitude  given  in
              columns 1 and 2. The -: option will interchange the
              order of columns (1,2) and (9,10).

       16     Text  string  to  appear  above  the   beach   ball
              (optional).

              -ssymbol[size[/fontsize[/offset[u]]] selects symbol
              instead of mechanism.
               Choose between the following  :  (c)  circle,  (d)
              diamond,  (i)  itriangle, (s) square, (t) triangle,
              (x) cross.  Parameters are expected to  be  in  the
              following columns


       3      depth of event in kilometers

       4      Text  string  to  appear  above  the   beach   ball
              (default) or under (add u).
              If  size must be read, size must be in column 4 and
              Text string starts in column 5.
              scale is the symbol size in MEASURE_UNIT (unless c,
              i,  m,  or  p is appended to indicate that the size
              information is in units  of  cm,  inch,  meter,  or
              point, respectively).

              OPTIONS
              No space between the option flag and the associated
              arguments.

       -B     Sets map boundary tickmark intervals. See psbasemap
              for details.

              -Efill Selects filling of extensive quadrants. Usu­
              ally white.  Set the shade (0255) or color  (r/g/b)
              [Default is 255/255/255].

              -G  selects filling of focal mechanisms. By conven­
              tion, the compressional quadrants are  shaded.  Set
              the  shade  (0-255)  or  color  (r/g/b) [Default is
              0/0/0]. Optionally,  specify  -Gpicon_size/pattern,
              where pattern gives the number of the image pattern
              (1-32)  OR  the  name  of   a   icon-format   file.
              icon_size  sets  the unit size in inches. To invert
              black and white pixels, use -GP instead of -Gp. See
              Appendix  E for information on individual patterns.

       -H     Input  file(s)  has  Header  record(s).  Number  of
              header records can be changed by editing your .gmt­
              defaults file. If used, GMT  default  is  1  header
              record.

       -K     More   PostScript   code  will  be  appended  later
              [Default terminates the plot system].

              -L Draws the "beach ball" outline using current pen
              (see -W) or sets pen attributes..

              -M
               Same size for any magnitude.

              -N Does NOT skip symbols that fall outside map bor­
              der [Default plots points inside border only].

       -O     Selects Overlay plot mode  [Default  initializes  a
              new plot system].
              Landscape, see gmtdefaults to change this].

              -T[num_of_plane] Plots the nodal planes and outline
              the bubble which is transparent.
                    default num_of_plane is 0 : both nodal planes
              are plotted;
                    num_of_plane equal 1 : the only  first  nodal
              plane is plotted;
                    num_of_plane  equal 2 : the only second nodal
              plane is plotted;

       -U     Draw Unix System time stamp on plot. User may spec­
              ify where the lower left corner of the stamp should
              fall on the page relative to lower left  corner  of
              plot.  Optionally, append a label, or c (which will
              plot  the  command  string.).  The  GMT  parameters
              UNIX_TIME  and UNIX_TIME_POS can affect the appear­
              ance; see the gmtdefaults man page for details.

       -V     Selects verbose  mode,  which  will  send  progress
              reports  to  stderr  [Default runs "silently"].  -W
              set pen attributes for text string or  default  pen
              attribute for fault plane edges.
               [Defaults:  width  =  1,  color = 0/0/0, texture =
              solid].

       -X -Y  Shift origin of plot by (x-shift,y-shift).  Prepend
              a  for  absolute  coordinates; the default (r) will
              reset plot origin.  -Zcptfile Give a color  palette
              file  and  let compressive part color be determined
              by the z-value in the third column.

              -a[axis_symbol_size[P_axis_symbol[T_axis_symbol]]]
              Computes and plots  P  and  T  axis.   -  axis_sym­
              bol_size  in  user  unit [default is 0.2 cm or 0.08
              inches].
              - default P and T axis symbols is 'c'
              Choose between the following : (c) circle, (d) dia­
              mond,  (h) hexagon, (i) inverse triangle, (p)point,
              (s) square, (t) triangle, (x) cross.

              -efill Selects filling of T axis symbol.   Set  the
              shade  (0255) or color (r/g/b) [Default is color of
              extensive parts.

              -gfill Selects filling of P axis symbol.   Set  the
              shade  (0255) or color (r/g/b) [Default is color of
              compressive parts.

              -p[pen] Draws the P axis outline using current  pen
              (see -W), or sets pen attributes.
              sp.  -t[pen] Draws the T axis outline using current
              tude,longitude)  input/output.  [Default is (longi­
              tude,latitude)].  Applies to geographic coordinates
              only.

       -c     Specifies the number of plot copies. [Default is 1]


SEE ALSO

       gmt(l), psbasemap(l) psmeca(l), psxy(l) REFERENCES
       Bomford, G., Geodesy, 4th ed.,  Oxford  University  Press,
       1980.
       Aki,  K. and P. Richards, Quantitative Seismolgy, Freeman,
       1980.
       F. A. Dahlen  and  Jeoren  Trom,  Theoretical  Seismology,
       Princeton, 1998, p.167.  Definition of scalar moment.
       Cliff  Frohlich,  Cliff'Nodes  Concerning  Plotting  Nodal
       Lines for P, Sh and Sv'
       Seismological Reasearch Letters, Volume 67, Number 1, Jan­
       uary-February, 1996
       Thorne  Lay,  Terry  C. Wallace, Modern Global Seismology,
       Academic Press, 1995, p.384.
       W.H. Press, S.A. Teukolsky, W.T.  Vetterling,  B.P.  Flan­
       nery,  Numerical  Recipes in C, Cambridge University press
       (routine jacobi)

       AUTHOR
       Genevieve Patau
       CNRS UMR 7580
       Seismology Dept.
       Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
       (patau@ipgp.jussieu.fr)























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