Fault Model (of An Earthquake)
Fault Model (of An Earthquake) : A model of an earthquake source in which a slip across a fault plane causes the ground motion. See Aki (2002), Madariaga and Olsen (2002), Das and Kostrov (1988), and Scholz (2002). See also Brune model, Burridge and Knopoff model, Haskell model, Knopoff model, Kostrov model, omegasquared model and specific barrier model