A minimalist model of characteristic earthquakes

TY - JOUR

T1 - A minimalist model of characteristic earthquakes

AU - Vázquez-Prada, M.

AU - González, Á.

AU - Gómez, J.B.

AU - Pacheco, A.F.

AU - Vazquez-Prada Baillet, Miguel

PY - 2002/9/1

Y1 - 2002/9/1

N2 - 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-earthquake behaviour of some seismic faults. This model, that has no parameter, is amenable to an algebraic description as a Markov Chain. This possibility illuminates some important results, obtained by Monte Carlo simulations, such as the earthquake size-frequency relation and the recurrence time of the characteristic earthquake.

AB - 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-earthquake behaviour of some seismic faults. This model, that has no parameter, is amenable to an algebraic description as a Markov Chain. This possibility illuminates some important results, obtained by Monte Carlo simulations, such as the earthquake size-frequency relation and the recurrence time of the characteristic earthquake.

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M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:0036757257

SN - 1023-5809

VL - 9

SP - 513

EP - 519

JO - Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

JF - Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

IS - 5-6

ER -