The complex dynamics of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, Mw 7.8-7.7 earthquake doublet

Z Jia, Z Jin, M Marchandon, T Ulrich, AA Gabriel, W Fan… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The destructive 2023 moment magnitude (M w) 7.8-7.7 earthquake doublet ruptured multiple
segments of the East Anatolian Fault system in Turkey. We integrated multiscale seismic and …

Complex multi-fault rupture and triggering during the 2023 earthquake doublet in southeastern Türkiye

C Liu, T Lay, R Wang, T Taymaz, Z Xie, X Xiong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Two major earthquakes (MW 7.8 and MW 7.7) ruptured left-lateral strike-slip faults
of the East Anatolian Fault Zone (EAFZ) on February 6, 2023, causing> 59,000 fatalities …

On the deterministic description of earthquakes

A Bizzarri - Reviews of Geophysics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The quantitative estimate of earthquake damage due to ground shaking is of pivotal
importance in geosciences, and its knowledge should hopefully lead to the formulation of …

An explicit phase field material point method for modeling dynamic fracture problems

Z Zeng, R Ni, X Zhang, Y Liu - International Journal for …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A novel explicit phase field material point method (ex‐PFMPM) is proposed for modeling
dynamic fracture problems. The rate‐dependent phase field governing equation is …

Multi‐scale rupture growth with alternating directions in a complex fault network during the 2023 south‐eastern Türkiye and Syria earthquake doublet

R Okuwaki, Y Yagi, T Taymaz… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A devastating doublet of earthquakes with moment magnitude MW 7.9 and MW 7.6
earthquakes contiguously occurred in SE Türkiye near the NW border of Syria. Here we …

The 2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake: A complicated event occurred in a young fault system

J Sun, H Yue, Z Shen, L Fang, Y Zhan… - Geophysical Research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Minshan Uplift Zone (MUZ) is located at the eastern margin of the Tibetan
Plateau, which is the junction of three tectonic terranes. The observed discrepancy between …

Relation between continental strike‐slip earthquake segmentation and thickness of the crust

Y Klinger - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
High‐resolution maps of large continental strike‐slip earthquake surface ruptures show that
they are formed of fault segments. These segments are bounded by fault bends, step overs …

Three‐dimensional dynamic rupture simulation with a high‐order discontinuous Galerkin method on unstructured tetrahedral meshes

C Pelties, J De la Puente, JP Ampuero… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate and efficient numerical methods to simulate dynamic earthquake rupture and wave
propagation in complex media and complex fault geometries are needed to address …

Bends and ends of surface ruptures

GP Biasi, SG Wesnousky - Bulletin of the Seismological …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
To improve the empirical basis for estimating the likely length of future earthquake ruptures
on mapped active faults, we measure map‐scale complexities including fault bends …

Modeling the dynamic and quasi-static compression-shear failure of brittle materials by explicit phase field method

T Wang, X Ye, Z Liu, D Chu, Z Zhuang - Computational Mechanics, 2019 - Springer
The phase field method is a very effective method to simulate arbitrary crack propagation,
branching, convergence and complex crack networks. However, most of the current phase …