A simple model for the earthquake cycle combining self-organized complexity with critical point behavior

We have studied a hybrid model combining the forest-fire model with the site-percolation model in order to better understand the earthquake cycle. We consider a square array of sites. At each time step, a "tree" is dropped on a randomly chosen site and is planted if the site i...

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Main Authors: W. I. Newman, D. L. Turcotte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2002-01-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/9/453/2002/npg-9-453-2002.pdf