師資
2007年本科畢業于北京大學，獲地球物理學學士學位以及數學與應用數學雙學位。2013年于美國南加州大學（USC）獲地質學博士學位。2013年至2019年以Research Fellow身份在日本防災科學技術研究所（NIED）從事研究工作。2019年9月正式加入南方科技大學地球與空間科學系，任助理教授。本人的研究方向為地震破裂傳播的理論模型和數值模擬，斷層結構演化，巖石摩擦實驗，以及地震物理學。以第一作者或者共同作者在國際知名期刊諸如Nature Geoscience, Nature, Nature Communications等上共發表論文25篇。2次在AGU會議上擔任主題會議召集人。作為主要客座編輯組織并編撰了Tectonophysics特刊Physics of Earthquake Rupture Propagation。多次為國際知名期刊和美國自然科學基金委擔任同行評審。
教育經歷
2007 － 2013: 博士，美國南加州大學，地球科學系，導師：Yehuda Ben-Zion
2003 － 2007: 學士，北京大學，地球與空間科學學院
學士雙學位 （數學與應用數學），北京大學，數學科學學院
工作經歷
2019 － 至今：助理教授，南方科技大學，地球與空間科學系
2013 － 2019：Research Fellow，日本防災科學技術研究所，地震海嘯防災研究部門，導師：Eiichi Fukuyama
教學經歷
2007 － 2013: 助教，美國南加州大學，地球科學系
獲獎經歷
2023：AGU旗下期刊Geophysical Research Letters優秀審稿人（2022年度）
2021：AGU旗下期刊Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth優秀審稿人（2020年度）
2020：AGU旗下期刊Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth優秀審稿人（2019年度）
2019：AGU旗下期刊Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth優秀審稿人（2018年度）
2019: 日本防災科學技術研究所成就獎（2018年度）
2018: 日本地震學會青年科學家獎（2017年度）
2006: 中國科學院地球物理專業獎學金，二等獎
2004: 北京大學學習優秀獎
2003: 國家獎學金
學術服務
編輯：Geophysical Journal International (GJI) (2023 － 至今）
客座編輯：Tectonophysics (2017 － 2018)
審稿人: Nature Geoscience; Nature Communications; Science Advances; AGU Geophysical Monograph Series; JGR-Solid Earth; GRL; Gcubed; EPSL; Tectonophysics; JSG; BSSA; TSR; SRL; EPS; GJI; PAGEOPH 等
研究領域
? 地震破裂傳播的理論模型和數值模擬
? 損傷力學和斷裂力學
? 巖石摩擦實驗
? 斷層演化
? 常規地震和慢地震
? 俯沖帶地震
? 地震物理學
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[S7] Lu, R., Y. Gao, Y. Hu, X. Lai, H. Li, J. Lu, L. Shao, P. Wang, W. Wang, W. Wang, C. Xia, H. Xu, R. Xu, S. Xu, H. Yue, L. Zhao, X. Zheng, E. Zhou, and Y. Zou, Quakes: from the Earth to Stars, submitted to Scientia Sinica Physica, Mechanica & Astronomica, on December 5, 2023.
[S6] Wan, Z., R. Dong, D. Wang, S. Xu, Z. Wang, and Q. Wang, Along-strike Variation of Rupture Characteristics and Aftershock Patterns of the 2023 Mw 7.8 Türkiye Earthquake Controlled by Fault Structure, submitted to Seismological Research Letters, on November 14, 2023.
[S5] Wang, Q., Y. Zhang, L. Wang, P. Yu, S. Guerin-Marthe, X. Peng, S. Xu, P. Martínez-Garzón, and M. Bohnhoff, Evolution of shear rupture along a prescribed interface using the Discontinuous Deformation Analysis method, submitted to Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, on August 29, 2023.
[S4] Wang, L., S. Xu, Y. Zhuo, P. Liu, and S. Ma, Unraveling the roles of fault asperities over earthquake cycles, submitted to Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in revision.
[S3] Xu, S., Does stress drop positively or negatively correlate with rupture speed?, submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, on April 16, 2023. Preprint link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.08016
[S2] Liu-Zeng, J., Z. Liu, X. Liu, C. Milliner, J.-P. Avouac, A. Rodriguez Padilla, S. Xu, W. Yao, Y. Klinger, L. Han, Y. Shao, X. Yan, S. Aati, and Z. Shao, Multifault rupture of the 2021 Mw7.4 Maduo (China) earthquake reveals fault growth toward a stress-favored orientation, submitted on February 22, 2023.
[S1] Ji, Y., A. R. Niemeijer, D. H. Baden, F. Yamashita, S. Xu, L. B. Hunfeld, R. P. J. Pijnenburg, E. Fukuyama, and C. J. Spiers, Friction law for earthquake nucleation: size doesn’t matter, submitted on February 2, 2022, in review.
[S0] Fukuyama, E., S. Xu, and F. Yamashita, Supersonic propagation of slow slip rupture during rock friction experiments, submitted, 2020.
同行評審論文
[26] Ding, X., J. Xie, and S. Xu (2024), Dynamic activation of near-orthogonal conjugate faults during earthquakes: Insights from the 2023 Tu?rkiye Mw 7.6 earthquake, Chinese Science Bulletin, doi:10.1360/TB-2023-0894.
[25] Ding, X., S. Xu, Y. Xie, M. van den Ende, J. Premus, and J.-P. Ampuero (2023), The sharp turn: Backward rupture branching during the 2023 Mw 7.8 Kahramanmara? (Türkiye) earthquake, Seismica, 2(3), doi:10.26443/seismica.v2i3.1083. Preprint link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06051
[24] Cheng, C., D. Wang, Q. Yao, L. Fang, S. Xu, Z. Huang, T. Liu, Z. Wang, and X. Huang (2023), The 2021 Mw 7.3 Madoi, China earthquake: Transient supershear ruptures on a presumed immature strike-slip fault, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Special Issue "100-Year Anniversary of the Great 1920 Haiyuan Earthquake: What Have We Learned on Large Continental Earthquakes and Faults?", 128, e2022JB024641, doi:10.1029/2022JB024641.
[23] Xu, S., E. Fukuyama, F. Yamashita, H. Kawakata, K. Mizoguchi, and S. Takizawa (2023), Fault strength and rupture process controlled by fault surface topography, Nature Geoscience, 16, 94–100, doi:10.1038/s41561-022-01093-z.
[22] Yamashita, F., E. Fukuyama, and S. Xu (2022), Foreshock activity promoted by locally elevated loading rate on a 4-meter-long laboratory fault, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(3), e2021JB023336, doi:10.1029/2021JB023336.
[21] Yoshida, K., N. Uchida, H. Kubo, R. Takagi, and S. Xu (2022), Prevalence of updip rupture propagation in interplate earthquakes along the Japan Trench, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 578, 117306, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117306.
[20] Yamashita, F., E. Fukuyama, S. Xu, H. Kawakata, K. Mizoguchi, and S. Takizawa (2021), Two end-member earthquake preparations illuminated by foreshock activity on a meter-scale laboratory fault, Nature Communications, 12, 4302, doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24625-4.
[19] Xu, S. (2020), Recognizing fracture pattern signatures contributed by seismic loadings, Interpretation, Special Issue "Seismic interpretation of fractures in deep subsurface", 8(4), SP95–SP108, doi:10.1190/int-2020-0033.1. Preprint link: https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/308/
[18] Xu, S., E. Fukuyama, F. Yamashita, and S. Takizawa (2019), Evolution of Fault-Interface Rayleigh Wave speed over simulated earthquake cycles in the lab: Observations, interpretations, and implications, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 524, 115720, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115720.
[17] Xu, S. (2019), Probing earthquake physics using multidisciplinary approaches, Zisin, 72(2), 17–34, doi:10.4294/zisin.2018-12.
[16] Xu, S., E. Fukuyama, and F. Yamashita (2019), Robust estimation of rupture properties at propagating front of laboratory earthquakes, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(1), 766–787, doi:10.1029/2018JB016797.
[15] Xu, S., E. Fukuyama, A. Sagy, and M.-L. Doan (2018), Preface: Physics of Earthquake Rupture Propagation, Tectonophysics, Special Issue "Physics of Earthquake Rupture Propagation", 733, 1–3, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2018.04.013.
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[13] Fukuyama, E., K. Tsuchida, H. Kawakata, F. Yamashita, K. Mizoguchi, and S. Xu (2018), Spatiotemporal complexity of 2-D rupture nucleation process observed by direct monitoring during large-scale biaxial rock friction experiments, Tectonophysics, Special Issue "Physics of Earthquake Rupture Propagation", 733, 182–192, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2017.12.023.
[12] Xu, S., E. Fukuyama, F. Yamashita, K. Mizoguchi, S. Takizawa, and H. Kawakata (2018), Strain rate effect on fault slip and rupture evolution: Insight from meter-scale rock friction experiments, Tectonophysics, Special Issue "Physics of Earthquake Rupture Propagation", 733, 209-231, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2017.11.039.
[11] Aldam, M., S. Xu, E.A. Brener, Y. Ben-Zion, and E. Bouchbinder (2018), Non-monotonicity of the frictional bimaterial effect, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(10), 8270–8284, doi:10.1002/2017JB014665.
[10] Xu, S., and Y. Ben-Zion (2017), Theoretical constraints on dynamic pulverization of fault zone rocks, Geophysical Journal International, 209(1), 282–296, doi:10.1093/gji/ggx033.
[9] Xu, S., E. Fukuyama, H. Yue, and J.-P. Ampuero (2016), Simple crack models explain deformation induced by subduction zone megathrust earthquakes, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 106(5), 2275–2289, doi:10.1785/0120160079.
[8] Fukuyama, E., S. Xu, F. Yamashita, and K. Mizoguchi (2016), Cohesive zone length of metagabbro at supershear rupture velocity, Journal of Seismology, Special Issue "Imaging Earthquakes and Earth Structure Through Waves" Honoring Professor Raul Madariaga, 20(4), 1207–1215, doi:10.1007/s10950-016-9588-2.
[7] Yamashita, F., E. Fukuyama, K. Mizoguchi, S. Takizawa, S. Xu, and H. Kawakata (2015), Scale dependence of rock friction at high work rate, Nature, 528, 254–257, doi:10.1038/nature16138.
[6] Xu, S., E. Fukuyama, Y. Ben-Zion, and J.-P. Ampuero (2015), Dynamic rupture activation of backthrust fault branching, Tectonophysics, 644–645, 161–183, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.01.011.
[5] Xu, S., Y. Ben-Zion, J.-P. Ampuero, and V. Lyakhovsky (2015), Dynamic ruptures on a frictional interface with off-fault brittle damage: Feedback mechanisms and effects on slip and near-fault motion, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 172, 1243–1267, doi: 10.1007/s00024-014-0923-7.
[4] Xu, S., and Y. Ben-Zion (2013), Numerical and theoretical analyses of in-plane dynamic rupture on a frictional interface and off-fault yielding patterns at different scales, Geophysical Journal International, 193, 304–320, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggs105.
[3] Xu, S., Y. Ben-Zion, and J.-P. Ampuero (2012b), Properties of inelastic yielding zones generated by in-plane dynamic ruptures: II. Detailed parameter-space study, Geophysical Journal International, 191, 1343–1360, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05685.x.
[2] Xu, S., Y. Ben-Zion, and J.-P. Ampuero (2012a), Properties of inelastic yielding zones generated by in-plane dynamic ruptures: I. Model description and basic results, Geophysical Journal International, 191, 1325-1342, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05679.x.
[1] Ben-Zion, Y., T. Rockwell, Z. Shi, and S. Xu (2012), Reversed-polarity secondary deformation structures near fault stepovers, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Special Issue Honoring Professor James R. Rice, 79(3), 031025, doi:10.1115/1.4006154.