Pre-mission InSights on the interior of Mars

SE Smrekar, P Lognonné, T Spohn, WB Banerdt… - Space Science …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport
(InSight) Mission will focus on Mars' interior structure and evolution. The basic structure of …

Crustal deformation in the India‐Eurasia collision zone from 25 years of GPS measurements

G Zheng, H Wang, TJ Wright, Y Lou… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The India‐Eurasia collision zone is the largest deforming region on the planet;
direct measurements of present‐day deformation from Global Positioning System (GPS) …

Geometric controls on cascading rupture of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake doublet

Y Zhang, X Tang, D Liu, T Taymaz, T Eken, R Guo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
How fault geometry controls the rupture propagation and segmentation of a strike-slip event
is an open question. Deciphering the relationship between the geometric fault complexity …

Early and persistent supershear rupture of the 2018 magnitude 7.5 Palu earthquake

H Bao, JP Ampuero, L Meng, EJ Fielding, C Liang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The speed at which an earthquake rupture propagates affects its energy balance and
ground shaking impact. Dynamic models of supershear earthquakes, which are faster than …

Complex rupture of an immature fault zone: A simultaneous kinematic model of the 2019 Ridgecrest, CA earthquakes

DE Goldberg, D Melgar, VJ Sahakian… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 4 July 2019 Mw6. 4 and subsequent 6 July 2019 Mw7. 1 Ridgecrest sequence
earthquakes (CA, USA) ruptured orthogonal fault planes in a low slip rate (1 mm/year) …

Fault segmentation as constraint to the occurrence of the main shocks of the 2016 Central Italy seismic sequence

A Pizzi, A Di Domenica, F Gallovič, L Luzi, R Puglia - Tectonics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We perform the finite‐extent fault inversion of the three main events of the 2016 Central Italy
seismic sequence using near‐source strong motion records. We demonstrate that both …

Global frequency of oceanic and continental supershear earthquakes

H Bao, L Xu, L Meng, JP Ampuero, L Gao… - Nature Geoscience, 2022 - nature.com
Earthquakes are supershear when their rupture speed is faster than that of the seismic shear
waves produced. These events are rare, but they can be highly destructive owing to the …

[HTML][HTML] Envisioning faults beyond the framework of fracture mechanics

A Torabi, J Rudnicki, B Alaei, G Buscarnera - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Faults are complex structures that substantially influence the mechanical behavior and
hydraulic connectivity of rock formations. Therefore, studying faults is important for a variety …

Rupture Process of the 2019 Ridgecrest, California  6.4 Foreshock and  7.1 Earthquake Constrained by Seismic and Geodetic Data

K Wang, DS Dreger, E Tinti… - Bulletin of the …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence culminated in the largest seismic event in
California since the 1999 M w 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake. Here, we combine geodetic and …

Fault trace corrugation and segmentation as a measure of fault structural maturity

I Manighetti, A Mercier… - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As faults grow over time and become more “mature,” some of their geometrical and
mechanical properties evolve, and these changes modify earthquake behavior. It is thus of …