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The fault plane solution determined by means of a computer algorithm, correlating the radiation pattern with the distribution of observations, was investigated from the point of view of its reliability. The maximum of the correlation function R corresponds to the optimum solution found by the computer. If the families of nodal lines fitting the decreased correlation function R —dR retain the character of the optimum solution even whendR increases, we assume that the solution has been determined with a sufficient accuracy.
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Klíma, K., Ruprechtová, L. Reliability of focal mechanism determination. Stud Geophys Geod 25, 224–230 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01591934
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01591934