The dynamics of laboratory thrust earthquakes near the free surface

Yuval Tal1, Vito Rubino2, Ares Rosakis2 and Nadia Lapusta3,4, (1)Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Beer Sheva, Israel, (2)California Institute of Technology, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences and Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States