Published March 19, 2004
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Journal Article
Laboratory Earthquakes: The Sub-Rayleigh–to–Supershear Rupture Transition
- Creators
- Xia, Kaiwen
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Rosakis, Ares J.
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Kanamori, Hiroo
Chicago
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Abstract
We report on the experimental observation of spontaneously nucleated supershear rupture and on the visualization of sub-Rayleigh–to–supershear rupture transitions in frictionally held interfaces. The laboratory experiments mimic natural earthquakes. The results suggest that under certain conditions supershear rupture propagation can be facilitated during large earthquake events.
Additional Information
© 2004 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Received 25 November 2003; accepted 13 January 2004. Authors appreciate fruitful discussions with T. Heaton and G. Ravichandran from Caltech and J. R. Rice from Harvard. This study is supported by NSF grant EAR-0207873 and Office of Naval Research grant N00014-03-1-0435.Additional details
- Eprint ID
- 51536
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20141110-155954031
- NSF
- EAR-0207873
- Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- N00014-03-1-0435
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- GALCIT, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences (GPS)