Inferring earthquake physics and chemistry using an integrated field and laboratory approach

A Niemeijer, G Di Toro, WA Griffith, A Bistacchi… - Journal of Structural …, 2012 - Elsevier
Earthquakes are the result of a combination of (1) physico-chemical processes operating in
fault zones, which allow ruptures to nucleate and rock friction to decrease with increasing …

Utilizing distributed acoustic sensing and ocean bottom fiber optic cables for submarine structural characterization

F Cheng, B Chi, NJ Lindsey, TC Dawe… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The sparsity of permanent seismic instrumentation in marine environments often limits the
availability of subsea information on geohazards, including active fault systems, in both time …

Location of largest earthquake slip and fast rupture controlled by along‐strike change in fault structural maturity due to fault growth

C Perrin, I Manighetti, JP Ampuero… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Earthquake slip distributions are asymmetric along strike, but the reasons for the asymmetry
are unknown. We address this question by establishing empirical relations between …

Recent advances in imaging crustal fault zones: A review

H Yang - Earthquake Science, 2015 - Springer
Crustal faults usually have a fault core and surrounding regions of brittle damage, forming a
low-velocity zone (LVZ) in the immediate vicinity of the main slip interface. The LVZ may …

Temporal changes of shallow seismic velocity around the Karadere-Düzce branch of the north Anatolian fault and strong ground motion

Z Peng, Y Ben-Zion - Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2006 - Springer
We analyze temporal variations of seismic velocity along the Karadere-Düzce branch of the
north Anatolian fault using seismograms generated by repeating earthquake clusters in the …

Automatic picking of direct P, S seismic phases and fault zone head waves

ZE Ross, Y Ben-Zion - Geophysical Journal International, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We develop a set of algorithms for automatic detection and picking of direct P and S waves,
as well as fault zone head waves (FZHW), generated by earthquakes on faults that separate …

Abundant off-fault seismicity and orthogonal structures in the San Jacinto fault zone

ZE Ross, E Hauksson, Y Ben-Zion - Science advances, 2017 - science.org
The trifurcation area of the San Jacinto fault zone has produced more than 10% of all
earthquakes in southern California since 2000, including the June 2016 M w (moment …

Cracks, pulses and macroscopic asymmetry of dynamic rupture on a bimaterial interface with velocity-weakening friction

JP Ampuero, Y Ben-Zion - Geophysical Journal International, 2008 - academic.oup.com
We study in-plane ruptures on a bimaterial fault governed by a velocity-weakening friction
with a regularized normal stress response. Numerical simulations and analytical estimates …

Pulverized fault rocks and damage asymmetry along the Arima-Takatsuki Tectonic Line, Japan

TM Mitchell, Y Ben-Zion, T Shimamoto - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
We present field and laboratory data on pulverized rocks at the Hakusui-kyo outcrop of the
Arima-Takatsuki Tectonic Line (ATTL), which is a dextral strike slip fault with~ 17km …

Dynamic rupture on a material interface with spontaneous generation of plastic strain in the bulk

Y Ben-Zion, Z Shi - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2005 - Elsevier
We discuss 2D simulations of in-plane ruptures on a fault between different solids in a model
that includes dynamic generation of plastic strain off the fault. The fault is governed by a …