Modelling Critical and Catastrophic Phenomena in Geoscience: A Statistical Physics Approach

Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Statistical Physics of Fracture and Earthquake....Pages 3-26
Rupture Processes in Fibre Bundle Models....Pages 27-55
Extensions of Fibre Bundle Models....Pages 57-92
Survey of Scaling Surfaces....Pages 93-110
Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Some Early Earthquake Source Models....Pages 113-153
Geometric Models of Earthquakes....Pages 155-168
Friction, Stick-Slip Motion and Earthquake....Pages 169-189
Statistical Features of Earthquake Temporal Occurrence....Pages 191-221
Spatiotemporal Correlations of Earthquakes....Pages 223-257
Space-time Combined Correlation Between Earthquakes and a New, Self-Consistent Definition of Aftershocks....Pages 259-279
Short-Term Prediction of Mediumand Large-Size Earthquakes Based on Markov and Extended Self-Similarity Analysis of Seismic Data....Pages 281-301
Why Does Theoretical Physics Fail to Explain and Predict Earthquake Occurrence?....Pages 303-359
Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Aeolian Transport and Dune Formation....Pages 363-386
Avalanches and Ripples in Sandpiles....Pages 387-421
Dynamics of Stick-Slip: Some Universal and Not So Universal Features....Pages 423-457
Search for Precursors in Some Models of Catastrophic Failures....Pages 459-477
Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Nonlinear Analysis of Radon Time Series Related to Earthquake....Pages 481-490
A Thermomechanical Model of Earthquakes....Pages 491-498
Fractal Dimension of the 2001 El Salvador Earthquake Time Series....Pages 499-505
Approach in Time to Breakdown in the RRTN Model....Pages 507-513
Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Critical Behaviour of Mixed Fibres with Uniform Distribution....Pages 515-520