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Subshear Rupture

Subshear Rupture is a mode of earthquake rupture propagation in which the rupture front advances along a fault at a speed less than the shear wave velocity of the surrounding medium, distinguishing it from supershear ruptures that exceed this velocity threshold.

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2017–2026

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Sub-shear Rupture

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Three-dimensional simulation of spontaneous rupture: The effect of nonuniform prestress

Steven M. Day · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 1982 · 492 citations

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Laboratory Earthquakes: The Sub-Rayleigh-to-Supershear Rupture Transition

Kaiwen Xia, Ares J. Rosakis, Hiroo Kanamori · Science · 2004 · 395 citations

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Evidence for a Supershear Transient during the 2002 Denali Fault Earthquake

Eric M. Dunham · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 2004 · 253 citations

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Variability of seismic source spectra, estimated stress drop, and radiated energy, derived from cohesive‐zone models of symmetrical and asymmetrical circular and elliptical ruptures

Yoshihiro Kaneko, Peter M. Shearer · Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth · 2014 · 209 citations

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Laboratory Earthquakes Along Inhomogeneous Faults: Directionality and Supershear

Kaiwen Xia, Ares J. Rosakis, Hiroo Kanamori et al. · Science · 2005 · 191 citations

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Authors

121

  1. JA
    Jean‐Paul Ampuero

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    7 publications · 549 citations

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  2. XC
    Xiaofei Chen

    Southern University of Science and Technology, China

    4 publications · 170 citations

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  3. JX
    Jiankuan Xu

    Southern University of Science and Technology, China

    4 publications · 170 citations

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  4. ZZ
    Zhenguo Zhang

    Southern University of Science and Technology, China

    3 publications · 66 citations

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  5. KX
    Kaiwen Xia

    University of Toronto, Canada

    2 publications · 586 citations

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Institutions

66

  1. University of Science and Technology of China

    Hefei, China

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    499 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    383 citations

  3. Southern University of Science and Technology

    Shenzhen, China

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    550 citations

  4. Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur

    Nice, France

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    299 citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    31 publications

    3.5K citations

  7. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    215 citations

  8. Université Côte d'Azur

    Nice, France

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    299 citations

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Venues

  1. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

    BSSA · 7 publications · 990 citations

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  2. Geophysical Research Letters

    6 publications · 280 citations

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  3. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 4 publications · 207 citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

    4 publications · 429 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 3 publications · 275 citations

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