Nonlinear Sciences – Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Scientific paper
1993-08-05
Nonlinear Sciences
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Scientific paper
10.1103/RevModPhys.66.657
We present an overview of our ongoing studies of the rich dynamical behavior of the uniform, deterministic Burridge--Knopoff model of an earthquake fault. We discuss the behavior of the model in the context of current questions in seismology. Some of the topics considered include: (1) basic properties of the model, such as the magnitude vs. frequency distribution and the distinction between small and large events; (2) dynamics of individual events, including dynamical selection of rupture propagation speeds; (3) generalizations of the model to more realistic, higher dimensional models; (4) studies of predictability, in which artificial catalogs generated by the model are used to test and determine the limitations of pattern recognition algorithms used in seismology.
Carlson Jean M.
Langer James S.
Shaw Bruce E.
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