README

QDYN, a software for Quasi-DYNamic earthquake simulation.

Copyright (C) 2017 Yingdi Luo, Jean Paul Ampuero, Bryan Riel,
                   Percy Galvez, Martijn van den Ende, Benjamin Idini

QDYN is a Fortran 95 code with a Matlab wrapper
to compute quasi-dynamic earthquake cycles 
on faults embedded in a 2D or 3D elastic medium
and on spring-block systems
governed by rate-and-state friction.

To get started:
	Open Matlab
	Add the qdyn directory to your path (addpath ...)
	Type 'help qdyn'
	Read the usage instructions

Examples are provided in the directory "examples".
Complete information is provided in the manual doc/QDYN_man_GIT.pdf. 


    QDYN is freely available for academic research purposes. 
    If you use QDYN in scientific papers or reports, cite at least one of the 
    references suggested in the users' manual.

    QDYN is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    QDYN is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with QDYN.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.