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Department of Geosciences 
319 Guyot Hall 
Princeton University 
Princeton, NJ 08544

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Refereed Publications:

Ampuero, J.-P., and A.M. Rubin, 2008, Earthquake nucleation on rate and state faults:  Aging and slip laws, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B01302, doi:10.1029/2007JB005082.

Rubin, A. M., and J.-P. Ampuero, 2007, Aftershock asymmetry on a bimaterial interface, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B05307, doi:10.1029/2006JB004337

Pritchard, M.E., Rubin, A.M., 2007, and Wolfe, C.J., Do flexural stresses explain the mantle fault zone beneath Kilauea volcano?, Geophys. J. Int., 168, 419-430, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03169.x

Rubin, A. M., and J.-P. Ampuero, 2005, Earthquake nucleation on (aging) rate and state faults, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B11312, doi:10.1029/2005JB003686.

Peng, Z., J.E. Vidale, C. Marone, and A. Rubin, 2005, Systematic variations in recurrence interval and moment of repeating aftershocks, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 (15): Art. No. L15301 AUG 2, doi: 10.1029/2005GL022626

Ziv, A., A.M. Rubin, and D. Kilb, 2003, Spatio-temporal analyses of earthquake productivity and size distribution:  Observations and simulations, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 93 2069-2081, doi:10.1785/0120020117

Ziv, A., and A.M. Rubin, 2003, Implications of rate-and-state friction for properties of aftershock sequences: Quasi-static inherently discrete simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 108, B1, doi: 10.1029/2001JB001219.

Rubin, A.M., 2002, Aftershocks of microearthquakes as probes of the mechanics of rupture, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 2142, doi:10.1029/2001JB000496.

Rubin, A.M., 2002, Using repeating earthquakes to correct high-precision earthquake catalogs for time-dependent station delays, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 92, 1647-1659, doi:10.1785/0120010180.

Kilb, D., and A.M. Rubin, 2002, Implications of diverse fault orientations imaged in relocated aftershocks of the Mount Lewis, ML 5.7, California, earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 107, B11, 2294, doi:10.1029/2001JB000149.

Rubin, A.M., and D. Gillard, 2000, Aftershock asymmetry/rupture directivity among central San Andreas fault microearthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 19,095-19,109. doi: 10.1029/2000JB900129

Ziv, A., and A.M. Rubin, 2000, Static stress transfer and earthquake triggering:  No lower threshold in sight?, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 13,631-13,642. doi: 10.1029/2000JB900081

Ziv, A., and Rubin, A.M., 2000, Stability of dike intrusion along preexisting fractures, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 5947-5961. doi: 10.1029/1999JB900410

Rubin, A.M., D. Gillard, and J.-L. Got, 1999, Streaks of microearthquakes along creeping faults, Nature, 400, 635-641, doi: 10.1038/23196

Fialko, Y.A., and Rubin, A.M., 1999, What controls the along-strike slopes of volcanic rift zones?, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 20,007-20,020.

Fialko, Y. A., and Rubin, A.M., 1999, Thermal and mechanical aspects of magma emplacement in giant dike swarms, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 23,033-23.049. doi: 10.1029/199JB900213

Rubin, A.M., 1998, Dike ascent in partially molten rock, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 20,901-20,919. doi:10.1029/98JB01349

Rubin, A.M., D. Gillard, and J.-L. Got, 1998, A reinterpretation of seismicity associated with the 1983 dike intrusion at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 10,003-10,015. doi: 10.1029/97JB03513

Rubin, A.M., and D. Gillard, 1998, Dike-induced earthquakes:  Theoretical considerations, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 10,017-10,030. doi: 10.1029/97JB03514

Fialko, Y.A., and Rubin, A.M., 1998, Thermodynamics of lateral dike propagation: Implications for crustal accretion at slow spreading mid-ocean ridges, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 2501-2514. doi: 10.1029/97JB03105

Bos, A.G., G. Nolet, A. Rubin, H. Houston, and J.E. Vidale, 1998, Duration of deep earthquakes determined by stacking of Global Seismograph Network seismograms, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 21,059-21,065.

Fialko, Y., and Rubin, A.M., 1997, Numerical simulation of high-pressure rock tensile fracture experiments:  Evidence of an increase in fracture energy with pressure?, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 5231-5242. doi:10.1029/96JB03859

Gillard, D., A.M. Rubin, and P. Okubo, 1996, Highly concentrated seismicity caused by deformation of Kilauea’s deep magma system, Nature, 384, 343-346. doi: 10.1038/384343a0

Rubin, A.M., 1995, Propagation of magma-filled cracks:  Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 23, 287-336. doi:10.1146/annurev.ea.23.050195.001443

Rubin, A.M., 1995, Getting granite dikes out of the source region:  J. Geophys. Res., 100, 5911-5929.

Rubin, A.M., 1995, Why geologists should avoid using “fracture toughness: (at least for dykes): Physics and Chemistry of Dykes, G. Baer & A. Heimann (eds), Rotterdam: Balkema, 53-63.

Sekine, T., Duffy, T.S., Rubin, A.M., Anderson, W.W., and Ahrens, T.J. 1995, Shock compression and isentropic release of granite, Geophys. J. Int., 120, 247-261. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.1995.tb01817.x

Rubin, A.M., 1993, Tensile fracture of rock at high confining pressure:  Implications for dike propagation:  J. Geophys. Res., 98, 15,919-15,935.

Rubin, A.M., 1993, On the thermal viability of dikes leaving magma chambers:  Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 257-260.

Rubin, A.M.,1993, Dikes vs. diapirs in viscoelastic rock:  Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 19, 641-659. doi:10.1016/0012-821X(93)90069-L

Ahrens, T.J., and Rubin, A.M., 1993, Impact-induced tensional failure in rock:  J. Geophys. Res., 98, 1185-1203.

Pollard, D.D., Saltzer, S.D., and Rubin, A.M., 1993, Stress inversion methods:  Are they based on faulty assumptions?:  J. Struct. Geol., 15, 1045-1054, doi:10.1016/0191-8141(93)90176-B

Rubin, A.M., 1992, Dike-induced faulting and graben subsidence in volcanic rift zones:  J. Geophys. Res., 97, 1839-1858.

Jackson, M.D., Endo, E.T., Delaney, P.T., Arnadottir, T., and Rubin, A.M., 1992, Ground ruptures of the 1974 and 1983 Kaoiki earthquakes, Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii:  J. Geophys. Res., 97, 8775-8796.

Rubin, A.M., and Ahrens, T.J., 1991, Dynamic tensile-failure-induced velocity deficits in rock:  Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 219-222.

Sekine, T., Rubin, A.M., and Ahrens, T.J., 1991, Shock-wave equation of state of Muscovite:  J. Geophys. Res., 96, 19,675-19,680.

Rubin, A.M., 1990, A comparison of rift-zone tectonics in Iceland and Hawaii:  Bull. Volcanol., 52, 302-319.

Rubin, A.M., and Pollard, D.D., 1988, Dike-induced faulting in rift zones of Iceland and Afar:  Geology, 16, 413-417.

Rubin, A.M., and Pollard, D.D., 1987, origins of blade-like dikes in volcanic rift zones.  In R. W. Decker, T. L. Wright, and P. H. Stauffer, eds., Volcanism in Hawaii, USGS Professional Paper 1350, pp. 1449-1470.

Submitted:

Rubin, A.M., 2008, Episodic slow slip events and rate-and-state friction, J. Geophys. Res.