title: Ergodic dynamics in a natural threshold system.
abstract: Numerical simulations suggest that certain driven, dissipative mean-field threshold systems, including earthquake models, can be characterized by statistical properties often associated with ergodic dynamics, in the same sense as stochastic Brownian motion. We applied a fluctuation metric proposed by Thirumalai and Mountain [Phys. Rev. E 47, 479 (1993)]] for statistically stationary systems and find that the natural earthquake fault system in California demonstrates similar ergodic dynamics.
authors.affiliation: CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Tiampo
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Rundle
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: J S Sá
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004190:Disasters; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012684:Sensory Thresholds