This repo contains the synthetic catalogs from simulations in the following paper:

• Shi, P., Wei, M., & Barbot, S. (2022). Contribution of Viscoelastic Stress to the Synchronization of Earthquake Cycles on Oceanic Transform Faults, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

• w{x}: barrier width (km)
• ic{x}: initial offset C_{right} in elastic models
• icsync, icoffset: synchronized/offset initial condition in viscoelastic models
• dis{x}: dislocation creep coefficient amplifier
• dif{x}: diffusion creep coefficient amplifer
• eta{x}: uniform linear viscosity (Pa s)
• bgs{x}: background strain rate under dislocation creep (1/s)
• gs{x}: grid size (m); 250 m if without

Each catalog JSON file has the following fields:

• t: time step corresponding maxv or maxdϵ
• t1: initial time of earthquakes in the left asperity
• t2: initial time of earthquakes in the right asperity
• mw1: moment magnitude of earthquakes in the left asperity
• mw2: moment magnitude of earthquakes in the right asperity
• maxv1: maximum slip velocity in the left asperity
• maxv2: maximum slip velocity in the right asperity
• maxdϵ: maximum strain rate norm in the mantle

• Simulation software

• To retrieve catalog based on slip velocity threshold