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Temporal and spatial correlations in a visco-elastic model of heterogeneous faults

Statistical Mechanics 2015-06-24 v2

Abstract

We study the temporal and spatial correlations in a one-dimensional model of a heterogeneous fault zone, in the presence of visco-elastic effects. As a function of dynamical weakening and of dissipation, the system exhibits three different "phases" : one in which there are no time correlations between the events, a second, in which there are ``Omori's law'' type temporal correlations, and a third, runaway phase with quasiperiodic system size events.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0006322,
  title  = {Temporal and spatial correlations in a visco-elastic model of heterogeneous faults},
  author = {Bora Orcal and Ayse Erzan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0006322},
  year   = {2015}
}

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8 multicolumn pages, Latex, 10 Postscript figures