Crackling noise arises when a system responds to changing external conditions through
discrete, impulsive events spanning a broad range of sizes. A wide variety of physical …

Crustal deformation patterns are affected by multiscale granulation and healing processes
associated with phase transitions between continuum and discrete states of rocks. The …

We present an efficient and rigorous numerical procedure for calculating the elastodynamic
response of a fault subjected to slow tectonic loading processes of long duration within …

We discuss several problems of dynamic rupture relevant to mechanics of earthquake faults,
material sciences, and physics of spatially extended dissipative systems. The problems …

We consider the nucleation of instability on a slip‐weakening fault subjected to a
heterogeneous, locally peaked “loading” stress. That stress is assumed not only to gradually …

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 …

Faults are usually surrounded by damaged zones of lower elastic moduli and seismic wave
velocities than their host rocks. If the interface between the damaged rocks and host rocks is …

Large dynamic stresses near earthquake rupture fronts may induce an inelastic response of
the surrounding materials, leading to increased energy absorption that may affect dynamic …

A mid‐ocean ridge transform fault (RTF) of length L, slip rate V, and moment release rate
can be characterized by a seismic coupling coefficient χ= AE/AT, where AE∼/V is an …

We analyze evolving stress and seismicity generated by three realizations of a discrete
model of a strike‐slip fault in a three‐dimensional (3‐D) elastic half space using five …