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. 2017 Jun 29;8:15991. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15991

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(a) Sketch of the specimen configuration showing the field of view and the locations corresponding to the slip-rate curves. (b–d) Slip-rate time histories (averaged over 1 mm) obtained at the three selected locations along the interface, for P=7.4 MPa (b) and P=23 MPa (d) respectively. (c–e) The time histories at locations L1 and L3 are time shifted (respectively, forward and backward) by Δt=d/V_r, where d is the distance between L1 and L2 (and also L2 and L3) and V_r is the rupture speed. The near-perfect overlap of the shifted time histories at locations L1 and L3 with the time history at L2 shows that the ruptures are well developed and propagate in a steady fashion through our field of view.