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Published March 19, 2004 | Version public
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Laboratory Earthquakes: The Sub-Rayleigh–to–Supershear Rupture Transition

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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.

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© 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.

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51536
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CaltechAUTHORS:20141110-155954031

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NSF
EAR-0207873
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
N00014-03-1-0435

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