CELLULAR-AUTOMATON MODEL OF EARTHQUAKES WITH DETERMINISTIC DYNAMICS

被引:104
作者
NAKANISHI, H
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1990年 / 41卷 / 12期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.41.7086
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A cellular-automaton model of threshold elements with deterministic dynamics is introduced. The model is a cellular-automaton version of the mechanical earthquake model invented originally by Burridge and Knopoff [Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 57, 341 (1967)] and studied recently by Carlson and Langer [Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2632 (1989); Phys. Rev. A 40, 6470 (1989)]. Randomness exists only in initial configurations. Numerical results show that the distribution function of the event magnitudes has a scaling region consistent with the Gutenberg-Richter law. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:7086 / 7089
页数:4
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