%Matlab script to plot velocity profile and velocity gradient profile for %southern California based on SCEC velocity model %profile is along a NE-SW line just northwest of the Salton Sea %data: %distance from the southwest in km: dist = [6.12 61.22 82.65 102.56 123.98 134.7 140.816 156.122 229.6]; mmdist = dist.*10^6; v = [35.5 34.2 32.9 28.9 18.4 17.1 13.16 6.6 0]; close all subplot(2,1,1) plot(dist,v,'k.', dist,v,'k-'); title('NE-SW velocity profile (SAF parallel component) for Southern California') xlabel('Distance (km)') ylabel('Velocity relative to North America (mm/yr)') axis([0 250 0 40]) subplot(2,1,2) vgrad = diff(v)./diff(mmdist); vgraddist = dist(1:length(dist)-1)+diff(dist)./2; plot(vgraddist,vgrad,'r+', vgraddist,vgrad,'r-'); title('NE-SW velocity gradientprofile (SAF parallel component) for Southern California') xlabel('Distance (km)') ylabel('Velocity gradient (yr^-1)') axis([0 250 -10^-6 0]) print v.eps -depsc