Illuminating the physics of dynamic friction through laboratory earthquakes on thrust faults

aSeismological Laboratory, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125;

bDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel;

cGraduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125;

cGraduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125;

aSeismological Laboratory, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125;

dDivision of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125