Basic HTML version of Foils prepared March 26 99

Foil 6 Comments I -- Jim Dieterich

From Notes on GEM Meeting March 99 GEM Group Meeting Boulder Colorado -- March 13-14 1999. by Geoffrey C. Fox
Obstacles to success
  • sociological and technical
  • GEM is eventually inevitable -- lets start now
Many different approaches to earthquake modeling
Need a unifying theme
Primary technical/conceptual challenges in EQ modeling
  • basic physics input
  • physics length and time scales broad
Attainable goals in 5 to 10 years
  • what simulations are practical now
  • practical goals e.g. ground motions, hazard assessment
  • conceptual topics e.g. clustering, synthetic catalog, fault networks
Relate to observations

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