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. 1996 Apr 30;93(9):3825–3829. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.9.3825

Slip complexity in dynamic models of earthquake faults.

J S Langer 1, J M Carlson 1, C R Myers 1, B E Shaw 1
PMCID: PMC39443  PMID: 11607671

Abstract

We summarize recent evidence that models of earthquake faults with dynamically unstable friction laws but no externally imposed heterogeneities can exhibit slip complexity. Two models are described here. The first is a one-dimensional model with velocity-weakening stick-slip friction; the second is a two-dimensional elastodynamic model with slip-weakening friction. Both exhibit small-event complexity and chaotic sequences of large characteristic events. The large events in both models are composed of Heaton pulses. We argue that the key ingredients of these models are reasonably accurate representations of the properties of real faults.

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