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Temporal and spatial correlations in a viscoelastic model of heterogeneous faults

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We study the temporal and spatial correlations in a one-dimensional model of a heterogeneous fault zone, in the presence of viscoelastic effects. As a function of dynamical weakening and of dissipation, the system exhibits three different “phases": one in which there are no time correlations between the events, a second, in which there are “Omori's law” type temporal correlations, and a third, runaway phase with quasiperiodic system size events.

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  1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Letters, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak 80626, Istanbul, Turkey, , , , , , TR

    B. Örçal & A. Erzan

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Received 30 May 2000 and Received in final form 7 September 2000

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Örçal, B., Erzan, A. Temporal and spatial correlations in a viscoelastic model of heterogeneous faults. Eur. Phys. J. B 18, 721–728 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510070020

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