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Flinn-Engdahl Seismic And Geographic Regionalization - Rust Implementation

0.1.0 Feb 23, 2019

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BSD-2-Clause

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flinn_engdahl

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Flinn-Engdahl Seismic And Geographic Regionalization - Rust Implementation

Converts a (latitude, longitude) location into a named region of the world

Usage

Add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
flinn_engdahl = "0.1.0"

Example

use flinn_engdahl as fe;
let name = fe::region(-77.845753, 166.675927).unwrap();
assert_eq!(name, "VICTORIA LAND, ANTARCTICA");

License

The BSD 2-Clause License. The original regionalization contained no license and was published in peer-reviewed journals.


lib.rs:

Implementation of the Flinn-Engdahl seismic and geographical regionalization scheme.

Converts a location (latitude, longitude) into a named region of the world

use flinn_engdahl as fe;
let name = fe::region(-42.448299, 171.214005).unwrap();
assert_eq!(name, "SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND");

References

- [Young, J.B., Presgrave, B.W., Aichele, H., Wiens, D.A. and Flinn, E.A., 1996, The Flinn-Engdahl Regionalisation Scheme: the 1995 revision, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, v. 96, p. 223-297.](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/003192019603141X)
- [Flinn, E.A., Engdahl, E.R. and Hill, A.R., 1974, Seismic and geographical regionalization, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 64, p. 771-993.](https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/64/3-2/771/117264/seismic-and-geographical-regionalization)
- [Flinn, E.A., and Engdahl, E.R., 1965, A proposed basis for geographical and seismic regionalization, Reviews of Geophysics, vol. 3, p. 123-149.](https://doi.org/10.1029/RG003i001p00123)

Further Information

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinn%E2%80%93Engdahl_regions

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/flinn_engdahl.php

ftp://hazards.cr.usgs.gov/feregion/fe_1995/

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