Table of Contents

Preface
J. B. Rundle, D.L. Turcotte, and William Klein  ix

Introduction
John B . Rundle, Donald L. Turcotte, and William Klein  1

Models

Deterministic Chaos in two State-variable Friction Sliders and the Effect of Elastic Interactions
Thorsten W. Becker  5

Spring-block Models of Seismicity: Review and Analysis  of a Structurally Heterogeneouos  Model
Coupled to a Viscous Asthenosphere
]on D. Pelletier  27

Statistical Anlysis  of a Model  for Earthquake Faults With Long-range Stress Transfer
W. Klein, M. Anghel,  C. D. Ferguson, J. B. Rundle,  and J. S. S. Martins 43

Traveling Wave and Rough Fault Earthquake Models:  Illuminating  the Relationship Between
Slip Deficit and E vent Frequency Statistics
Susana J . Gross  73

A Statistical Physics Approach to Earthquakes
D. L. Turcotte, W. I. Newman, and A. Gabrielov  83

Earthquakes: Friction or a Plastic Instability?
D.C. Roberts and D. L. Turcotte  97

Lattice Solid Simulation of the Physics of Fault Zones and Earthquakes:The Model,
Results, and Directions
P. Mora, D. Place, S. Abe, and S. Jaum  105

Patterns

Dynamics of Seismicity Patterns in Systems of Earthquake Faults
John B. Rundle, W. Klein, Kristy Tiampo and Susanna Gross  127

Constraints from Field and Laboratory Data

Microscopic and Macroscopic Physics of Earthquakes
Hiroo Kanamori and Thomas H. Heaton  147

Depth Dependent Rupture Properties in Circum-Pacific Sub-duction  Zones
Susan L. Bilek and Thorne Lay  165

Effects of Loading Rate and Normal Stress on Stress Drop and Stick-Slip Recurrence Interval
Stephen L. Karner and Chris Marone 187

Changeisn EarthquakSei ze-FrequenDcyis tributionUsn derlyinAgc celeratinSge ismic
Moment/Energy Release
Steven C. Jaum  199

Observation of Systematic  Variations in Non-local Seismicity Patterns from Southern California
K. F. Tiampo, J. B. Rundle, S. McGinnis, S. J. Gross, and W. Klein  21

Computational Methods

Introducinag New Paradigm for Computational Earth Science: A Web-Object-Based Approach
to Earthquake Simulations
Geoffrey C. Fox, Ken Hurst, Andrea Donnellan, and Jay Parker 219

Modeling Complex Crustal Processes
William J. Bosl  245

Crustal Fluids and Earthquakes
William J. Bosi and Amos Nur  267

About the Author

John B. Rundle is the editor of Geocomplexity and the Physics of Earthquakes, published by Wiley. Donald L. Turcotte is an American geophysicist, most famous for his work on the boundary layer theory of mantle convection as part of the theory of plate tectonics.