1997/03/03 by Daniel S. Fisher, Karin Dahmen, Sharad Ramanathan +1
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.dis-nn #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.78.4885
4 pages, RevTex, 3 figures (eps-files), uses epsf
arxiv created 1997/03/03 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Simple models for ruptures along a heterogeneous earthquake fault zone are studied, focussing on the interplay between the roles of disorder and dynamical effects. A class of models are found to operate naturally at a critical point whose properties yield power law scaling of earthquake statistics. Various dynamical effects can change the behavior to a distribution of small events combined with characteristic system size events. The studies employ various analytic methods as well as simulations.