Supershear Ruptures (page 6)

Lectures 20 - 21

• Bouchon, M. and M. Vallée (2003), Observation of Long Supershear Rupture During the Magnitude 8.1 Kunlunshan Earthquake, Science, 301, 824 - 826, DOI: 10.1126/science.1086832.
• Dunham, E. M. and R. J. Archuleta (2004), Evidence for a supershear transient during the 2002 Denali Fault earthquake, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 94, S256-S268.
• Xia, K., A. Rosakis, H. Kanamori, J. R. Rice (2005), Laboratory Earthquakes Along Inhomogeneous Faults: Directionality and Supershear, Science, 308, 681 - 684, DOI: 10.1126/science.1108193.

The last part of this class will be comprised of detailed discussion of three topics of modern research in the field of seismology (listed in the course outline). You are required to submit (electronically) a 2-page summary before each topic, and a 2-page synthesis of your understanding of the current state-of-the-art of that topic after the discussion. Paper reading and discussion comprises 30% of your total grade, and is based on 10% of your summary, 10% of in-class participation, and 10% of your synthesis.