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Confidence limits on net tectonic rotation
Author(s) -
McWilliams Michael
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl011i009p00825
Subject(s) - rotation (mathematics) , net (polyhedron) , tectonics , confidence interval , geodesy , simple (philosophy) , limit (mathematics) , geology , statistics , mathematics , seismology , geometry , mathematical analysis , philosophy , epistemology
Estimation of confidence limits on net tectonic rotation by an ‘overlapping circles’ method can lead to values which are too large. A simple method based upon an F‐ratio test is presented which yields more accurate constraints on net rotation. An example illustrates that the limits calculated by the ‘overlapping circles’ method can be in error by more than 20%.