| Rate and state dependent friction and the stability of sliding between elastically deformable solids JR Rice, N Lapusta, K Ranjith Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 49 (9), 1865-1898, 2001 | 606 | 2001 |
| Elastodynamic analysis for slow tectonic loading with spontaneous rupture episodes on faults with rate‐and state‐dependent friction N Lapusta, JR Rice, Y Ben‐Zion, G Zheng Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 105 (B10), 23765-23789, 2000 | 591 | 2000 |
| Stable creeping fault segments can become destructive as a result of dynamic weakening H Noda, N Lapusta Nature 493 (7433), 518-521, 2013 | 450 | 2013 |
| Nucleation and early seismic propagation of small and large events in a crustal earthquake model N Lapusta, JR Rice Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 108 (B4), 2003 | 367 | 2003 |
| Comparison of finite difference and boundary integral solutions to three‐dimensional spontaneous rupture SM Day, LA Dalguer, N Lapusta, Y Liu Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 110 (B12), 2005 | 355 | 2005 |
| Towards inferring earthquake patterns from geodetic observations of interseismic coupling Y Kaneko, JP Avouac, N Lapusta Nature Geoscience 3 (5), 363-369, 2010 | 317 | 2010 |
| The SCEC/USGS dynamic earthquake rupture code verification exercise RA Harris, M Barall, R Archuleta, E Dunham, B Aagaard, JP Ampuero, ... Seismological Research Letters 80 (1), 119-126, 2009 | 266 | 2009 |
| Under the hood of the earthquake machine: Toward predictive modeling of the seismic cycle S Barbot, N Lapusta, JP Avouac Science 336 (6082), 707-710, 2012 | 258 | 2012 |
| Scaling of small repeating earthquakes explained by interaction of seismic and aseismic slip in a rate and state fault model T Chen, N Lapusta Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 114 (B1), 2009 | 241 | 2009 |
| Three‐dimensional boundary integral modeling of spontaneous earthquake sequences and aseismic slip N Lapusta, Y Liu Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 114 (B9), 2009 | 223 | 2009 |
| Spectral element modeling of spontaneous earthquake rupture on rate and state faults: Effect of velocity‐strengthening friction at shallow depths Y Kaneko, N Lapusta, JP Ampuero Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 113 (B9), 2008 | 184 | 2008 |
| Three‐dimensional earthquake sequence simulations with evolving temperature and pore pressure due to shear heating: Effect of heterogeneous hydraulic diffusivity H Noda, N Lapusta Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 115 (B12), 2010 | 151 | 2010 |
| Comparison of average stress drop measures for ruptures with heterogeneous stress change and implications for earthquake physics H Noda, N Lapusta, H Kanamori Geophysical Journal International 193 (3), 1691-1712, 2013 | 145 | 2013 |
| Deeper penetration of large earthquakes on seismically quiescent faults J Jiang, N Lapusta Science 352 (6291), 1293-1297, 2016 | 107 | 2016 |
| Transition of mode II cracks from sub-Rayleigh to intersonic speeds in the presence of favorable heterogeneity Y Liu, N Lapusta Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 56 (1), 25-50, 2008 | 107 | 2008 |
| Variability of earthquake nucleation in continuum models of rate‐and‐state faults and implications for aftershock rates Y Kaneko, N Lapusta Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 113 (B12), 2008 | 103 | 2008 |
| Supershear transition due to a free surface in 3-D simulations of spontaneous dynamic rupture on vertical strike-slip faults Y Kaneko, N Lapusta Tectonophysics 493 (3-4), 272-284, 2010 | 102 | 2010 |
| Quasi‐dynamic versus fully dynamic simulations of earthquakes and aseismic slip with and without enhanced coseismic weakening MY Thomas, N Lapusta, H Noda, JP Avouac Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 119 (3), 1986-2004, 2014 | 96 | 2014 |
| Pulse-like and crack-like ruptures in experiments mimicking crustal earthquakes X Lu, N Lapusta, AJ Rosakis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (48), 18931-18936, 2007 | 92 | 2007 |
| Spectral‐element simulations of long‐term fault slip: Effect of low‐rigidity layers on earthquake‐cycle dynamics Y Kaneko, JP Ampuero, N Lapusta Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 116 (B10), 2011 | 89 | 2011 |
Ares RosakisVon Karman Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of TechnologyVerified email at caltech.edu
