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Laboratory Earthquakes
Collaborators: H. Kanamori and N. Lapusta, Caltech; J. R. Rice, Harvard; M. Bouchon, Grenoble, France; S. Das, Oxford, UK. Students/Post Docs: Michael Mello and Harsha S. Bhat, Caltech

"Scientists have long known that earthquakes generate several distinct sets of waves, ... each traveling at different speeds." Ares Rosakis's research is revealing new and previously unrecognized phenomena 'supershear'. View "How the Earth was Made." ©2009, 126MB .mov, 3:44 minutes. Purchase History Channel DVD here.

Hypervelocity Impact
Collaborators: Students: L. Lamberson, Caltech; J. Mihaly, Caltech

	View movie of Small-Particle Hypervelocity Impact Range
	View movie of homolite and mylar in-situ behavior

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