Long-range connective sandpile models and its implication to seismicity evolution

Tectonophysics

Volumn 454, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 104-107

  Chen, Chien chih ^a   Chiao, Ling Yun ^b   Lee, Ya Ting ^a   Cheng, Hui wen ^a   Wu, Yih Min ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

b values; Long range connection; Sandpile model; Seismicity; Self organized criticality

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; SAND; SEISMICITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 44949168389     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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