E. Pechersky, S. Pirogov, G. Sadowski and A. Yambartsev

Dynamics of Tectonic Plates

We suggest a model that describes a mutual dynamics of tectonic plates. It is a sort of stick-slip dynamics modeled by a Markov random process. The process defines the dynamics on a micro-level. A macro-level is obtained by a scaling limit which leads to a system of integro-differential equations which determines a kind of mean field systems. The conditions when the Gutenberg-Richter empirical law holds are presented at the mean field level. Those conditions are rather universal and independent of the features of the resistant forces.

 

КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА: tectonic plates, integro-differential equations, Markov random process