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Matsuzaki & Takayasu 1991
Matsuzaki, M. and Takayasu, H. (1991). Fractal features of the earthquake phenomenon and a simple mechanical model. Journal of Geophysical Research 96: doi: 10.1029/91JB01884. issn: 0148-0227.

A simplified two-dimensional stick-slip model is introduced. The system shows a kind of dynamical order-disorder phase transition with a control parameter proportional to the strength of interaction. At the critical point, this model is consistent with the empirical laws of earthquakes such as Gutenberg-Richter's law, the spatial distribution of hypocenters, and the correlation function of the occurrence of earthquakes as results of a dynamical critical phenomenon. This model can naturally explain the locality that local magnitude distributions often deviate from Gutenberg-Richter's law. ¿American Geophysical Union 1991

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Seismology, Continental crust, Seismology, Instruments and techniques
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