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  • 2012 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Eric M. Dunham is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, and Geology. The research topics Dunham covers include earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, seismic waves and analysis, seismology and earthquake studies, and broader geological and geophysical studies.

The scientist has published extensively in several academic venues. The most frequent publication platforms include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, the Journal of Computational Physics, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, and Geophysical Research Letters.

  • The Community Code Verification Exercise for Simulating Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS), 2020, Seismological Research Letters
  • Community-Driven Code Comparisons for Three-Dimensional Dynamic Modeling of Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Effect of Porosity and Permeability Evolution on Injection-Induced Aseismic Slip, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Incorporating Full Elastodynamic Effects and Dipping Fault Geometries in Community Code Verification Exercises for Simulations of Earthquake Sequences and Aseismic Slip (SEAS), 2023, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Non-stiff boundary and interface penalties for narrow-stencil finite difference approximations of the Laplacian on curvilinear multiblock grids, 2020, Journal of Computational Physics

Dunham's frequent coauthors include Alice-Agnes Gabriel, Lauren S. Abrahams, Martin Almquist, So Ozawa, and Yuyun Yang. Their collaboration reflects interdisciplinary efforts across earthquake physics, computational methods, and geophysical modeling.

Eric M. Dunham received recognition as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2012, a distinction reflecting contributions to their field of study.

Best Publications

  • The SCEC/USGS Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Code Verification Exercise

    R.A. Harris;M. Barall;R. Archuleta;E. Dunham

  • Earthquake ruptures with thermal weakening and the operation of major faults at low overall stress levels

    Hiroyuki Noda;Eric M. Dunham;James R. Rice

  • Evidence for a Supershear Transient during the 2002 Denali Fault Earthquake

    Eric M. Dunham;Ralph J. Archuleta

  • Earthquake Ruptures with Strongly Rate-Weakening Friction and Off-Fault Plasticity, Part 1: Planar Faults

    Eric M. Dunham;David Belanger;Lin Cong;Jeremy E. Kozdon

  • Conditions governing the occurrence of supershear ruptures under slip-weakening friction

    Eric M. Dunham

  • A Suite of Exercises for Verifying Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Codes

    Ruth A. Harris;Michael Barall;Brad T. Aagaard;Shuo Ma

  • Earthquake Ruptures with Strongly Rate-Weakening Friction and Off-Fault Plasticity, Part 2: Nonplanar FaultsEarthquake Ruptures with Rate-Weakening Friction and Off-Fault Plasticity, Part 2: Nonplanar Faults

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  • A supershear transition mechanism for cracks.

    Eric M. Dunham;Pascal Favreau;J. M. Carlson

  • Additional shear resistance from fault roughness and stress levels on geometrically complex faults

    Zijun Fang;Eric M. Dunham

  • Rupture to the Trench: Dynamic Rupture Simulations of the 11 March 2011 Tohoku Earthquake

    Jeremy E. Kozdon;Eric M. Dunham

  • Strong ground motion prediction using virtual earthquakes

    M. A. Denolle;E. M. Dunham;G. A. Prieto;G. C. Beroza

  • Attenuation of radiated ground motion and stresses from three‐dimensional supershear ruptures

    Eric M. Dunham;Harsha S. Bhat

  • Rupture complexity and the supershear transition on rough faults

    Lucile Bruhat;Zijun Fang;Eric M. Dunham

  • Near‐source ground motion from steady state dynamic rupture pulses

    Eric M. Dunham;Ralph J. Archuleta

  • Simulation of Dynamic Earthquake Ruptures in Complex Geometries Using High-Order Finite Difference Methods

    Jeremy E. Kozdon;Eric M. Dunham;Jan Nordström

  • Earthquake cycle simulations with rate-and-state friction and power-law viscoelasticity

    Kali L. Allison;Eric M. Dunham

  • Verifying a Computational Method for Predicting Extreme Ground Motion

    R.A. Harris;M. Barall;D.J. Andrews;B. Duan

  • Community‐Driven Code Comparisons for Three‐Dimensional Dynamic Modeling of Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip

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  • Fault valving and pore pressure evolution in simulations of earthquake sequences and aseismic slip.

    Weiqiang Zhu;Kali L. Allison;Kali L. Allison;Eric M. Dunham;Yuyun Yang

  • The State of Stress on the Fault Before, During, and After a Major Earthquake

    Emily E. Brodsky;James J. Mori;Louise Anderson;Frederick M. Chester

  • Ground motion prediction of realistic earthquake sources using the ambient seismic field

    M. A. Denolle;E. M. Dunham;G. A. Prieto;G. C. Beroza

  • Predicting fault damage zones by modeling dynamic rupture propagation and comparison with field observations

    Madhur Johri;Eric M. Dunham;Mark D. Zoback;Zijun Fang

  • Attenuation of Radiated Ground Motion and Stresses from Three-Dimensional Supershear Ruptures

    H. S. Bhat;E. M. Dunham

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Nordström
Jan Nordström Linköping University
Jean-Paul Ampuero
Jean-Paul Ampuero Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Paul Segall
Paul Segall Stanford University
Ralph J. Archuleta
Ralph J. Archuleta University of California, Santa Barbara
James R. Rice
James R. Rice Harvard University
Steven M. Day
Steven M. Day San Diego State University
Kim B. Olsen
Kim B. Olsen San Diego State University
Sylvain Barbot
Sylvain Barbot University of Southern California
Peter D. Bromirski
Peter D. Bromirski University of California, San Diego
Jeffrey B. Johnson
Jeffrey B. Johnson Boise State University

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