@article{ref1,
title="New approach to Gutenberg-Richter scaling",
journal="Physical review letters",
year="2011",
author="Serino, C. A. and Tiampo, K. F. and Klein, W.",
volume="106",
number="10",
pages="108501-108501",
abstract="We introduce a new model for an earthquake fault system that is composed of noninteracting simple lattice models with different levels of damage denoted by q. The undamaged lattice models (q=0) have Gutenberg-Richter scaling with a cumulative exponent β=1/2, whereas the damaged models do not have well defined scaling. However, if we consider the &quot;fault system&quot; consisting of all models, damaged and undamaged, we get excellent scaling with the exponent depending on the relative frequency with which faults with a particular amount of damage occur in the fault system. This paradigm combines the idea that Gutenberg-Richter scaling is associated with an underlying critical point with the notion that the structure of a fault system also affects the statistical distribution of earthquakes. In addition, it provides a framework in which the variation, from one tectonic region to another, of the scaling exponent, or b value, can be understood.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-9007",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}