From geodetic imaging of seismic and aseismic fault slip to dynamic modeling of the seismic cycle

JP Avouac - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Understanding the partitioning of seismic and aseismic fault slip is central to seismotectonics
as it ultimately determines the seismic potential of faults. Thanks to advances in tectonic …

Statistical physics of fracture, friction, and earthquakes

H Kawamura, T Hatano, N Kato, S Biswas… - Reviews of Modern …, 2012 - APS
The present status of research and understanding regarding the dynamics and the statistical
properties of earthquakes is reviewed, mainly from a statistical physical viewpoint. Emphasis …

[HTML][HTML] Slow-slip, slow earthquakes, period-two cycles, full and partial ruptures, and deterministic chaos in a single asperity fault

S Barbot - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
The assimilation of geological, geophysical, and laboratory data in physics-based models of
fault dynamics promises increasingly realistic simulations of the seismic cycle. To assist this …

Towards inferring earthquake patterns from geodetic observations of interseismic coupling

Y Kaneko, JP Avouac, N Lapusta - Nature Geoscience, 2010 - nature.com
Ultimately, seismotectonic studies seek to provide ways of assessing the timing, magnitude
and spatial extent of future earthquakes. Ample observations document the spatial variability …

Under the hood of the earthquake machine: Toward predictive modeling of the seismic cycle

S Barbot, N Lapusta, JP Avouac - Science, 2012 - science.org
Advances in observational, laboratory, and modeling techniques open the way to the
development of physical models of the seismic cycle with potentially predictive power. To …

Three‐dimensional boundary integral modeling of spontaneous earthquake sequences and aseismic slip

N Lapusta, Y Liu - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Fault processes involve complex patterns of seismic events and aseismic slip. This work
develops a three‐dimensional (3‐D) methodology for simulating long‐term history of …

Community‐driven code comparisons for three‐dimensional dynamic modeling of sequences of earthquakes and aseismic slip

J Jiang, BA Erickson, VR Lambert… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic modeling of sequences of earthquakes and aseismic slip (SEAS) provides a self‐
consistent, physics‐based framework to connect, interpret, and predict diverse geophysical …

The community code verification exercise for simulating sequences of earthquakes and aseismic slip (SEAS)

BA Erickson, J Jiang, M Barall… - Seismological …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Numerical simulations of sequences of earthquakes and aseismic slip (SEAS) have made
great progress over past decades to address important questions in earthquake physics …

New constraints on megathrust slip stability under subduction zone P–T conditions

SAM Den Hartog, AR Niemeijer, CJ Spiers - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
To understand and model subduction zone seismogenesis, data are needed on the frictional
properties of (meta) pelitic subduction zone materials under in situ megathrust conditions …

Quasi‐dynamic versus fully dynamic simulations of earthquakes and aseismic slip with and without enhanced coseismic weakening

MY Thomas, N Lapusta, H Noda… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Physics‐based numerical simulations of earthquakes and slow slip, coupled with field
observations and laboratory experiments, can, in principle, be used to determine fault …