This is a story of a young woman who went out on her own to make a life for herself. She was away from family and friends to start her career. On this journey, she found that people disliked her for the very things that she was taught growing up. It was not something that was looked upon at work or in personal relationships as a good thing. The world seemed so different from anything she thought it would be. And hard work was looked down upon. The struggle to keep her head above water and remain the person she was, caused tremendous hardship, but she continued to be the confident person she was, and with a motto of, “I know who I am, where I came from, and where I am going”. Integrity remained her best feat.
This dissertation seeks to contribute to earthquake hazard analyses and forecasting by conducting a detailed study of the processes controlling the occurrence, and particularly the clustering, of large earthquakes, the probabilities of these large events, and the dynamics of their ruptures. We use the multi-cycle earthquake simulator RSQSim to investigate several fundamental aspects of earthquake occurrence in order to improve the understanding of earthquake hazard. RSQSim, a 3D, boundary element code that incorporates rate- and state-friction to simulate earthquakes in fully interacting, complex fault systems has been successful at modeling several aspects of fault slip and earthquake occurrence. Multi-event earthquake models with time-dependent nucleation based on rate- and state-dependent friction, such as RSQSim, provide a viable physics-based method for modeling earthquake processes. These models can provide a better understanding of earthquake hazard by improving our knowledge of earthquake processes and probabilities. RSQSim is fast and efficient, and therefore is able to simulate very long sequences of earthquakes (from hundreds of thousands to millions of events). This makes RSQSim an ideal instrument for filling in the current gaps in earthquake data, from short and incomplete earthquake catalogs to unrealistic initial conditions used for dynamic rupture models. RSQSim catalogs include foreshocks, aftershocks, and occasional clusters of large earthquakes, the statistics of which are important for the estimation of earthquake probabilities. Additionally, RSQSim finds a near optimal nucleation location that enables ruptures to propagate at minimal stress conditions and thus can provide suites of heterogeneous initial conditions for dynamic rupture models that produce reduced ground motions compared to models with homogeneous initial stresses and arbitrary forced nucleation locations.
This is a story of a young woman who went out on her own to make a life for herself. She was away from family and friends to start her career. On this journey, she found that people disliked her for the very things that she was taught growing up. It was not something that was looked upon at work or in personal relationships as a good thing. The world seemed so different from anything she thought it would be. And hard work was looked down upon. The struggle to keep her head above water and remain the person she was, caused tremendous hardship, but she continued to be the confident person she was, and with a motto of, “I know who I am, where I came from, and where I am going”. Integrity remained her best feat.
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Psychology 2ed will support you to develop the skills and knowledge needed for your career in psychology and within the professional discipline of psychology. This book will be an invaluable study resource during your introductory psychology course and it will be a helpful reference throughout your studies and your future career in psychology. Psychology 2ed provides you with local ideas and examples within the context of psychology as an international discipline. Rich cultural and indigenous coverage is integrated throughout the book to help your understanding. To support your learning online study tools with revision quizzes, games and additional content have been developed with this book.
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