A minimalist model of characteristic earthquakes

In a spirit akin to the sandpile model of self-organized criticality, we present a simple statistical model of the cellular-automaton type which simulates the role of an asperity in the dynamics of a one-dimensional fault. This model produces an earthquake spectrum similar to the characteristic-...

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Main Authors: M. Vázquez-Prada, Á. González, J. B. Gómez, A. F. Pacheco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2002-01-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/9/513/2002/npg-9-513-2002.pdf