▪ Abstract This paper reviews rock friction and the frictional properties of earthquake faults.
The basis for rate-and state-dependent friction laws is reviewed. The friction state variable is …

The authors present an overview of ongoing studies of the rich dynamical behavior of the
uniform, deterministic Burridge-Knopoff model of an earthquake fault, discussing the model's …

Concepts, methods and techniques of statistical physics in the study of correlated, as well as
uncorrelated, phenomena are being applied ever increasingly in the natural sciences …

Three‐dimensional analyses are reported of slip on a long vertical strike‐slip fault between
steadily driven elastic crustal blocks. A rate‐and state‐dependent friction law governs …

The series aims to: present current and emerging innovations in GIScience; describe new
and robust GIScience methods for use in transdisciplinary problem solving and decision …

The concept of self-organized criticality was introduced to explain the behaviour of the
sandpile model. In this model, particles are randomly dropped onto a square grid of boxes …

This article gives a historical overview of structural and mechanical systems with friction.
Friction forces between sliding surfaces arise due to complex mechanisms and lead to …

We discuss several problems of dynamic rupture relevant to mechanics of earthquake faults,
material sciences, and physics of spatially extended dissipative systems. The problems …

The present status of research and understanding regarding the dynamics and the statistical
properties of earthquakes is reviewed, mainly from a statistical physical viewpoint. Emphasis …

Self-organized criticality (SOC) has become a magic word in various scientific disciplines. In
the first ten years after Per Bak and his coworkers presented their seminal idea (Bak et al …