Fig. 14From: Linking strike directions to invariant TE and TM impedances of the magnetotelluric impedance tensora Estimation of the absolute value of shear comparing the phases from the quadratic equation and the phase tensor. \({\chi }^{2}\) objective functions for the estimation of twist: b assuming \({Z}_{+}\) as \({Z}_{xy}\) and c assuming \({Z}_{+}\) as \({Z}_{yx}\). The black lines in b and c represent the functions for positive shear and the red lines for negative value. The lowest \({\chi }^{2}\) corresponds to the assumption of \({Z}_{+}\) as \({Z}_{xy}\) and a negative shearBack to article page