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How frictional ruptures and earthquakes nucleate and evolve

Shahar Gvirtzman, David S. Kammer, Mokhtar Adda-Bedia, Jay Fineberg

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NucleationCreepFracture (geology)Fracture mechanicsMechanicsStress (linguistics)GeologyShear (geology)Materials sciencePhysicsGeotechnical engineeringComposite materialThermodynamicsPetrologyPhilosophyLinguisticsearthquake and tectonic studiesRock Mechanics and ModelingHigh-pressure geophysics and materials