Size-frequency relation of earthquakes in load-transfer models of fracture

Using Monte Carlo simulations of the process of breaking in arrays of elements with load-transfer rules, we have obtained the size- frequency relation of the avalanches occurring in 1- and 2-dimensional stochastic fracture models. The resulting power-law behaviour resembles the Gutenberg-Richter law...

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Main Authors: J. B. Gómez, D. Iñiguez, A. F. Pacheco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 1995-01-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/2/131/1995/npg-2-131-1995.pdf

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