Abstract
Great earthquakes (magnitude>7) apparently occur stochastically, but there is a possibility that the stochasticity is due to some deterministic mechanism; i.e., due to chaos. Detailed study of a simple earthquake model is given which shows a chaotic behavior. This is also the simplest model of coupled relaxation oscillators and has topologically the same structure as the Lorenz model.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 43-52 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of the Physical Society of Japan |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1980 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy