Kagan angle

Calculate KAGAN ANGLE between two DC earthquake source mechanisms

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Provides minimum rotation between two DC (double couple) seismic source mechanisms
minimum rotation ROTANGLE along axis given by THETA and PHI

After Kagan, Y. Y. (1991). 3-D rotation of double-couple
earthquake sources, Geophys. J. Int., 106(3), 709-716.

almost "literary" translated from original Fortran code by P. Kolar
(kolar@ig.cas.cz) 18/01/2019

cf. eg. :
http://moho.ess.ucla.edu/~kagan/doc_index.html
http://peterbird.name/oldFTP/2003107-esupp/

Cite As

Petr Kolar (2026). Kagan angle (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/70040-kagan-angle), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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1.0.0