Simple Models of the Earthquake Cycle Compared with Seismological Observations

小行星9316513 这项研究是为了研究地震的复杂性和可能导致这种复杂性的物理学。 这些问题直接关系到地震发生的地点和频率，以及它们破坏性运动的性质。 特别是，一类模型的研究，所有的复杂性是由摩擦不稳定性。 在这里，产生感兴趣的量的分布，而不必假设任何量的分布。 模拟研究的结果将与实验室断层研究和真实的地震记录进行比较。 这项研究是国家地震减灾计划的一个组成部分。 ***

9316513 Shaw This research is to study earthquake complexity and the physics that can result in that complexity. The questions bear directly on where and how often earthquakes occur and on the nature of their damaging motion. In particular, a class of models is investigated where all of the complexity is generated by a frictional instability. Here, distributions of interesting quantities are produced, without distributions of any quantities having to be assumed. Results from the modeling studies will be compared with laboratory faulting studies and with the real earthquake record. This research is a component of the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program. ***