Nonlinear Network Dynamics on Earthquake Fault Systems
Posted by Canie on October 09, 2001 at 18:24:06:

From SCEC News:
FEATURE STORY: Student Research on Physics of Earthquakes

A student at Harvey Mudd College, Paul Rundle, has studied the history and
physics of earthquake faults in Southern California using sophisticated new
computer simulations, to uncover distinct patterns in the way in which
quakes cluster and interact with each other. This research has enabled
Rundle, along with six other scientists, to develop a new statistical method
of analyzing earthquake faults that examines not just individual fault
lines, but how they relate to each other in a network of such earthquake
faults. The method also holds promise of being applied to other kinds of
physical and biological systems in which energy is slowly built up, then
suddenly released.
Read the complete article at
http://www.scec.org/instanet/01news/feature011008.html

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I couldn't get a copy of the report off the site but it sure sounds like it might be interesting - I wonder if they've 'run it forward' - they state its acurate for historical quakes...

Canie