Meso-mechanical analysis of deformation characteristics for dynamically triggered slip in a granular medium

Meso-mechanical analysis of deformation characteristics for dynamically triggered slip in a granular medium M. Griffa a , B. Ferdowsi a , E.G. Daub b c , R.A. Guyer b d , P.A. Johnson b , C. Marone e f & J. Carmeliet a g a Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), ETH Domain – Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600, Dübendorf, Zürich, Switzerland b Solid Earth Geophysics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS D443, NM 87545, Los Alamos, USA c Centre for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS B258, NM 87545, Los Alamos, USA d Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno (NV), USA e Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA f G3 Centre and Energy Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA g Chair of Building Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETHZ), Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 15CH-8093, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland