Spontaneous Rupture Propagation on a Non-planar Fault in 3-D Elastic Medium

Cohesive force across the tip of a longitudinal-shear crack and Griffith's specific surface energy

Yoshiaki Ida · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1972 · 996 citations

Engineering, Materials Science, Geotechnical Engineering +15

The growth of slip surfaces in the progressive failure of over-consolidated clay

Andrew C. Palmer, J. R. Rice · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1973 · 971 citations

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering +16

Spatial and temporal distribution of slip for the 1992 Landers, California, earthquake

David J. Wald, Thomas H. Heaton · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 1994 · 794 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geophysics +17

Elastodynamic analysis for slow tectonic loading with spontaneous rupture episodes on faults with rate‐ and state‐dependent friction

N. Lapusta, J. R. Rice, Yehuda Ben‐Zion et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2000 · 675 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geophysics +16

Seismic Evidence for an Earthquake Nucleation Phase

William L. Ellsworth, Gregory C. Beroza · Science · 1995 · 529 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geophysics +14