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Longer Migration and Spontaneous Decay of Aseismic Slip Pulse Caused by Fault Roughness by Ozawa, So W., Hatano, Takahiro, Kame, Nobuki

“…It has been known that natural faults possess rough profiles, which may play a vital role in earthquake dynamics. Here we examine the effect of fault roughness…”
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Synchronization of megathrust earthquakes to periodic slow slip events in a single-degree-of-freedom spring-slider model by Ohtani, Makiko, Kame, Nobuki, Nakatani, Masao

“…Recently recognized slow slip events (SSEs) recurring in the deeper extensions of seismogenic zones along plate boundaries are drawing attention to their…”
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Determination of the source parameters of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake from three-component pre-P gravity signals recorded by dense arrays in Japan by Kimura, Masaya, Kame, Nobuki, Watada, Shingo, Araya, Akito, Kunugi, Takashi, Wang, Rongjiang

“…Dynamic earthquake rupture causes mass redistribution around the fault, and the emitted propagating seismic waves are accompanied by bulk density…”
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Effects of a revised rate- and state-dependent friction law on aftershock triggering model by Kame, Nobuki, Fujita, Satoshi, Nakatani, Masao, Kusakabe, Tetsuya

“…Seismicity may be considered as a sequence of earthquake nucleation events controlled by regional loading history. On the basis of this concept, Dieterich…”
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Earthquake-induced prompt gravity signals identified in dense array data in Japan by Kimura, Masaya, Kame, Nobuki, Watada, Shingo, Ohtani, Makiko, Araya, Akito, Imanishi, Yuichi, Ando, Masaki, Kunugi, Takashi

“…Earthquake ruptures cause mass redistribution, which is expected to induce transient gravity perturbations simultaneously at all distances from the source…”
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Effects of prestress state and rupture velocity on dynamic fault branching by Kame, Nobuki, Rice, James R., Dmowska, Renata

“…We consider a mode II rupture which propagates along a planar main fault and encounters an intersection with a branching fault. Using an elastodynamic boundary…”
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Feasibility of acoustic monitoring of strength drop precursory to earthquake occurrence by Kame, Nobuki, Nagata, Kohei, Nakatani, Masao, Kusakabe, Tetsuya

“…Rate- and state-dependent friction law (RSF), proposed on the basis of laboratory experiments, has been extensively applied to modeling of earthquake…”
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Reply to comment by Vallée et al. on “Earthquake-induced prompt gravity signals identified in dense array data in Japan” by Kimura, Masaya, Kame, Nobuki, Watada, Shingo, Ohtani, Makiko, Araya, Akito, Imanishi, Yuichi, Ando, Masaki, Kunugi, Takashi

“…Density perturbations accompanying seismic waves are expected to generate prompt gravity perturbations preceding the arrival of P-waves. Vallée et al. (Science…”
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Nucleation of Characteristic Earthquakes in Simulated Cycles Involving Deep Huge Slow Slip Events by Ohtani, Makiko, Kame, Nobuki, Nakatani, Masao

“…The 1944 Tonankai and 1946 Nankai megathrust earthquakes are likely to have been immediately preceded by a huge slow slip event (SSE) in the deeper…”
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Seismic moment and volume change of a spherical source by Kumagai, Hiroyuki, Maeda, Yuta, Ichihara, Mie, Kame, Nobuki, Kusakabe, Tetsuya

“…A spherical source, one of the simplest seismic sources, has been represented in various ways in the literature. These representations include a spherical…”
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Seismic radiation from dynamic coalescence, and the reconstruction of dynamic source parameters on a planar fault by Kame, Nobuki, Uchida, Koji

“…The dynamic coalescence of two mode II cracks on a planar fault is simulated here using the elastodynamic boundary integral equation method. We focus on the…”
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Pre-P gravity signals from dynamic earthquake rupture: modelling and observations by Kame, Nobuki

“…Dynamic earthquake rupture is one of the most extensive and devastating fracture phenomena on the Earth. It causes a sudden crustal deformation around a fault…”
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Quasi-static analysis of strike fault growth in layered media by Kame, Nobuki, Saito, Shuji, Oguni, Kenji

“…We study the effects of structural inhomogeneity on the quasi-static growth of strike-slip faults. A layered medium is considered, made up of an upper layer…”
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The fundamental nature of a transient elastic response to prompt gravity perturbations by Kame, Nobuki, Kimura, Masaya

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An efficient boundary integral equation method applicable to the analysis of non-planar fault dynamics by ANDO, Ryosuke, KAME, Nobuki, YAMASHITA, Teruo

“…We develop a novel and efficient boundary integral equation method based on the spatio-temporal formulation for the two-dimensional dynamic and quasistatic…”
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Derivation of 2-D XBIEM kernels and their application to a rupture crossing a bimaterial interface by Kusakabe, Tetsuya, Kame, Nobuki

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A new light on arresting mechanism of dynamic earthquake faulting by Kame, Nobuki, Yamashita, Teruo

“…Classic analyses have shown that dynamic growth of a shear crack cannot be arrested in a uniformly stressed elastic medium with homogeneously distributed…”
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Time to seismic failure induced by repeating SSEs in a single-degree-of-freedom spring-slider model by Ohtani, Makiko, Nakatani, Masao, Kame, Nobuki

“…SUMMARY Some large earthquakes may have been triggered by large slow slip events (SSEs). This paper studies the time it takes from the most recent SSE to…”
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Dynamic nucleation process of shallow earthquake faulting in a fault zone by Kame, Nobuki, Yamashita, Teruo

“…Two distinct phases are commonly observed at the initial part of seismograms of large shallow earthquakes: low-frequency and low-amplitude waves following the…”
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Aftershock seismicity and fault structure of the 2005 West Off Fukuoka Prefecture Earthquake (MJMA7.0) derived from urgent joint observations by SHIMIZU, Hiroshi, TAKAHASHI, Hiroaki, KATAO, Hiroshi, GOTO, Kazuhiko, MATSUMOTO, Satoshi, HIRATA, Naoshi, NAKAO, Shigeru, UEHIRA, Kenji, SHINOHARA, Masanao, YAKIWARA, Hiroshi, KAME, Nobuki, URABE, Taku, OKADA, Tomomi, MATSUWO, Norimichi, YAMADA, Tomoaki, WATANABE, Atsushi, NAKAHIGASHI, Kazuo, ENESCU, Bogdan, UCHIDA, Kazunari, HASHIMOTO, Shinichi, HIRANO, Syuichiro, YAGI, Takeo, KOHNO, Yuhki, KANAZAWA, Toshihiko, UENO, Tomotake, SAITO, Masaki, HORI, Mio, IIO, Yoshihisa, MIYAMACHI, Hiroki, MATSUSHIMA, Takeshi, ICHIYANAGI, Masayoshi, UCHIDA, Naoki, IWASAKI, Takaya

“…On March 20, 2005, a large M JMA 7.0 earthquake occurred in the offshore area, west of Fukuoka prefecture, northern Kyushu, Japan. A series of joint…”
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